Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

करिष्यामि तपो नित्यं स्वकलत्रसम न्वितः । राज्ये संस्थापितः पुत्रः समर्थो राज्यकर्मणि

Transliteration

kariṣyāmi tapo nityaṃ svakalatrasama nvitaḥ | rājye saṃsthāpitaḥ putraḥ samartho rājyakarmaṇi

Translation

„Ich werde täglich, zusammen mit meiner Königin, Askese üben. Meinen Sohn habe ich im Reich eingesetzt; er ist den Pflichten der Herrschaft gewachsen.“

Word by Word

• करिष्यामि: I will do
• करिष्यामि: Kriyā (Verbal predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (Singular)

• तपः: austerity/penance
• तपः: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• नित्यम्: always/daily
• नित्यम्: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable), कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of time)

• स्वकलत्रसमन्वितः: accompanied by his own wife (as an equal companion)
• स्वकलत्रसमन्वितः: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक) + कलत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + सम (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्वित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, क्त/PPP from अनु+इ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—तत्पुरुषः (स्वकलत्रेण समः इति विशेषण + अन्वितः 'endowed/associated')

• राज्ये: in the kingdom
• राज्ये: Adhikaraṇa (Location/sphere)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• संस्थापितः: installed/established
• संस्थापितः: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्+स्था (धातु) → संस्थापित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, क्त/PPP; causative sense 'to establish')
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त

• पुत्रः: son
• पुत्रः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• समर्थः: capable
• समर्थः: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• राज्यकर्मणि: in the affairs of the kingdom
• राज्यकर्मणि: Adhikaraṇa (Domain)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्य (प्रातिपदिक) + कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—तत्पुरुषः (राज्यस्य कर्म इति)

Speaker

The king (narendra/nṛpa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvija-sattama (addressed in the narrative unit)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A royal couple, now resolved, stands near a sacred riverside; the king gestures toward the palace direction as if indicating his son’s enthronement, while turning back toward the forested tīrtha to begin daily austerities.

Characters & Entities

• putra (son)
• kalatra (queen)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma includes orderly transition: after fulfilling royal duty by securing succession, one may pursue tapas for higher spiritual aims.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The king’s intended life of austerity is anchored at the tīrtha of Viśvāmitra-jala described in this adhyāya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Nitya-tapas (daily austerity/discipline), presented as the king’s chosen observance after the tīrtha’s grace.