Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 174

Devanagari script

उत्पत्स्यते यदा चात्र भर्तृयज्ञो महामुनिः । तस्योपदेशमासाद्य भूयः प्राप्स्यसि स्वां तनुम्

Transliteration

utpatsyate yadā cātra bhartṛyajño mahāmuniḥ | tasyopadeśamāsādya bhūyaḥ prāpsyasi svāṃ tanum

Translation

„Und wenn hier der große Weise Bhartṛyajña geboren wird, dann wirst du—wenn du zu ihm gehst und seine Unterweisung empfängst—deinen eigenen Leib aufs Neue wiedererlangen.“

Word by Word

• उत्पत्स्यते: will arise/be born
• उत्पत्स्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत् + पद् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• यदा: when
• यदा: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (when)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (locative adverb: here)

• भर्तृयज्ञः: Bhartyajña (name)
• भर्तृयज्ञः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भर्तृ + यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• महामुनिः: the great sage
• महामुनिः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महā + मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• उपदेशम्: instruction
• उपदेशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपदेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• आसाद्य: having obtained/approached
• आसाद्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + सद् (धातु) + ल्यप् (प्रत्यय)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund)

• भूयः: again
• भूयः: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस्/भूयः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरर्थक (again)

• प्राप्स्यसि: you will regain/attain
• प्राप्स्यसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• स्वाम्: your own
• स्वाम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (तनुम् इति)

• तनुम्: body/form
• तनुम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Unnamed speaker in excerpt (contextual narrator/dialogue within Nāgara-khaṇḍa Tīrtha-māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Prophetic assurance: the speaker gestures toward the sacred ground, envisioning the future birth of Bhartṛyajña; a faint vignette shows a sage instructing the owl-formed being, culminating in restored human form.

Characters & Entities

• Bhartṛyajña

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right guidance (upadeśa) from a realized sage is portrayed as the turning point that restores one from fallen states to wholeness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader chapter is a tīrtha-māhātmya, but this verse focuses on the future advent of a sage rather than naming the site in the excerpt.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The prescription here is relational rather than ritual: approaching a great sage and receiving instruction.