Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 50

Devanagari script

पुंस्त्वं च मेषजोत्थाभ्यां वृषणाभ्यां भविष्यति । न च मर्त्ये गतिश्चास्य पूजार्थं संभविष्यति

Transliteration

puṃstvaṃ ca meṣajotthābhyāṃ vṛṣaṇābhyāṃ bhaviṣyati | na ca martye gatiścāsya pūjārthaṃ saṃbhaviṣyati

Translation

„Und seine Manneskraft wird durch jene beiden, vom Widder stammenden Hoden erhalten bleiben; doch wird er keinen Weg in die Welt der Sterblichen erlangen, um menschliche Verehrung zu empfangen.“

Word by Word

• पुंस्त्वम्: manhood, masculinity
• पुंस्त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुंस्-त्व (प्रातिपदिक; तद्धित)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; भाववाचक-तद्धित (state of being male)

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• मेषजोत्थाभ्याम्: by/through the two that arose from a ram
• मेषजोत्थाभ्याम्: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेषज-उत्थ (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), द्विवचन; तत्पुरुषः ‘arisen from a ram’ (instrumental dual)

• वृषणाभ्याम्: by the two testicles
• वृषणाभ्याम्: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृषण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), द्विवचन

• भविष्यति: will be
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Negation (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation)

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अन्वयार्थक-अव्यय (and)

• मर्त्ये: in the mortal world
• मर्त्ये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मर्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; Locative ‘in the mortal world’

• गतिः: going, access, possibility
• गतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• अस्य: of him
• अस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• पूजार्थम्: for worship
• पूजार्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूजा-अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समासः; द्वितीया-एकवचनरूपेण अव्ययवत्; ‘for the sake of worship’

• संभविष्यति: will occur/be possible
• संभविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-√भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Gautama Ṛṣi

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Gautama’s pronouncement includes both restoration and restriction: Indra regains manhood through ram-born testicles, yet is denied a ‘course’ in the mortal realm aimed at receiving human worship.

Characters & Entities

• Gautama Ṛṣi
• Indra (implied)
• Martyaloka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine roles have boundaries: sovereignty and power are restored, yet access to human worship is regulated by dharmic order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; the tīrtha-setting frames the narrative but the line states a condition regarding martyaloka worship.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It implies a restriction: no special provision is granted for him to receive worship in the mortal world.