Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

शुक्लपक्षं समासाद्य तारापतिरिवांबरे । यदासौ यौवनोपेतः संजातो द्विजसत्तमाः

Transliteration

śuklapakṣaṃ samāsādya tārāpatirivāṃbare | yadāsau yauvanopetaḥ saṃjāto dvijasattamāḥ

Translation

Wie der Herr der Sterne, der Mond, am Himmel die helle Monatshälfte erreicht, so erlangte auch er die Jugend, o Bester der Zweimalgeborenen.

Word by Word

• शुक्ल-पक्षम्: the bright fortnight
• शुक्ल-पक्षम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुक्ल (प्रातिपदिक) + पक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• समासाद्य: having reached
• समासाद्य: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्-आ-सद् (धातु) → समासाद्य (ल्यप्/तुमुन्-समकक्ष gerund)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (absolutive): having reached/attained

• तारा-पतिः: the lord of stars (the moon)
• तारा-पतिः: Upamana (उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तारा (प्रातिपदिक) + पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• इव: like
• इव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमावाचक-अव्यय (comparative particle)

• अम्बरे: in the sky
• अम्बरे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अम्बर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• यदा: when
• यदा: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (when)

• असौ: he (that one)
• असौ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असद्/अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• यौवन-उपेतः: endowed with youth
• यौवन-उपेतः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यौवन (प्रातिपदिक) + उप-इ (धातु) → उपेत (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त), विशेषण

• संजातः: having become; arisen
• संजातः: Kriya-samānādhikaraṇa (क्रियासमानाधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-जन् (धातु) → संजात (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त), विशेषण

• द्विज-सत्तमाः: O best of the twice-born
• द्विज-सत्तमाः: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक) + सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; संबोधनार्थे प्रयोगः (addressing)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced; Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narration style)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvijasattamāḥ (addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A montage-like scene: the waxing moon over a calm sky mirrored by a young sage growing into youth, both radiating gentle light.

Characters & Entities

• Viśvāmitra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Human maturity is framed as a dharmic unfolding, likened to the waxing moon’s auspicious increase.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named in this verse; it is poetic narration within the Māhātmya context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it employs auspicious lunar imagery rather than prescribing a rite.