Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

तस्यैवान्वयवान्राजा भविष्यति भगीरथः । स ज्ञातिकारणाद्गंगां ब्रह्मांडादानयिष्यति

Transliteration

tasyaivānvayavānrājā bhaviṣyati bhagīrathaḥ | sa jñātikāraṇādgaṃgāṃ brahmāṃḍādānayiṣyati

Translation

In eben dieser Linie wird ein König namens Bhagīratha geboren werden. Um seiner Verwandten willen wird er die Gaṅgā aus der kosmischen Sphäre, aus Brahmās Reich, herabführen.

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• एव: indeed, only
• एव: Avyaya (Particle/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (only/indeed)

• अन्वयवान्: having (his) lineage
• अन्वयवान्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्वय (प्रातिपदिक) + वत् (प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; वत्-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण (having lineage/descendants)

• राजा: king
• राजा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

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

• भगीरथः: Bhagīratha
• भगीरथः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगीरथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• ज्ञातिकारणात्: because of (his) kinsmen (cause)
• ज्ञातिकारणात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्ञाति (प्रातिपदिक) + कारण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (ज्ञातीनां कारणम्)

• गङ्गाम्: the Ganges
• गङ्गाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गङ्गा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• ब्रह्माण्डात्: from the Brahmāṇḍa (cosmic sphere)
• ब्रह्माण्डात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्माण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन

• आनयिष्यति: will bring
• आनयिष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-नी (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Agastya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhāgīrathī/Śrī Gaṅgā (descent episode)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bhagīratha, austere king-sage, performs intense tapas; above, Gaṅgā descends as a luminous torrent from Brahmā’s sphere, with celestial beings watching; the scene foreshadows her earthly course for ancestral redemption.

Characters & Entities

• Bhagīratha
• Gaṅgā
• Sagara (lineage reference)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion and perseverance in service of one’s ancestors and community becomes a world-renewing act—Bhagīratha’s dharma turns into sacred geography.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Gaṅgā is the central tīrtha, celebrated as a heavenly river brought to earth for purification and ancestral uplift.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse implies pitṛ-focused purpose (jñāti-kāraṇa), aligning with śrāddha and ancestral rites, though it does not specify procedures.