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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

हंस उवाच । अपत्यार्थं समारंभो मयाऽद्य विहितः पुरा । तस्मात्त्वं देहि मे पुत्रान्वंशोद्धारक्ष मान्विभो

Transliteration

haṃsa uvāca | apatyārthaṃ samāraṃbho mayā'dya vihitaḥ purā | tasmāttvaṃ dehi me putrānvaṃśoddhārakṣa mānvibho

Translation

Haṃsa sprach: „Einst begann ich diese Observanz um der Nachkommenschaft willen. Darum, o allgegenwärtiger Herr, schenke mir Söhne — Retter, die mein Geschlecht bewahren und wiederaufrichten.“

Word by Word
हंसःHaṃsa
हंसः:
Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootहंस (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriyā (Speech act/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलिट् (परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — Perfect, 3rd person, Singular
अपत्यार्थम्for the sake of offspring
अपत्यार्थम्:
Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
TypeNoun
Rootअपत्य (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative, Singular; समासः: अपत्यस्य अर्थः (for the sake of offspring)
समारम्भःundertaking/effort
समारम्भः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसमारम्भ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular
मयाby me
मया:
Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formतृतीया (3), एकवचन — Instrumental, Singular (by me)
अद्यtoday/now
अद्य:
Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time adjunct/कालाधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअद्य (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)
विहितःdone/undertaken
विहितः:
Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate adjective/समानााधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootविहित (कृदन्त; वि+धा धातु, क्त)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular; ‘performed/ordained’
पुराformerly/earlier
पुरा:
Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time adjunct/कालाधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुरा (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: formerly/earlier)
तस्मात्therefore
तस्मात्:
Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formहेतुवाचक-अव्यय/अपादानार्थक-प्रयोगः — ‘therefore’
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formप्रथमा (1), एकवचन — Nominative, Singular (2nd person pronoun)
देहिgive
देहि:
Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootदा (धातु)
Formलोट् (आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — Imperative, 2nd person, Singular
मेto me
मे:
Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formचतुर्थी (4), एकवचन — Dative, Singular (to me)
पुत्रान्sons
पुत्रान्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), बहुवचन — Masculine, Accusative, Plural
वंशोद्धारक्uplifters of (my) lineage
वंशोद्धारक्:
Karma (Apposition to object/कर्मसमानााधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootवंश (प्रातिपदिक) + उद्धारक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), बहुवचन — Masculine, Accusative, Plural; समासः: वंशस्य उद्धारकाः (uplifters of the lineage)
माम्me
माम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formद्वितीया (2), एकवचन — Accusative, Singular (me)
विभोO Lord
विभो:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootविभु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन — Masculine, Vocative, Singular
Speaker

Haṃsa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: The all-pervading Lord (Śiva implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Haṃsa speaks with folded hands, expressing his vow undertaken for offspring; the deity listens, serene; the liṅga and ritual implements indicate completed observance.

Characters & Entities
H
Haṃsa
M
Mahādeva (Śiva)

FAQs

Approaching Śiva with sincere intent and dharmic purpose—such as sustaining one’s lineage—receives divine attention when grounded in devotion.

A liṅga-centered tīrtha within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya (the passage continues to praise worship at this specific liṅga-site).

An undertaking/observance (samārambha) directed toward obtaining offspring, expressed as a prayer to the Lord.

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