Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

पुत्रमुत्पादयिष्यामि सर्वदैत्यविनाशकम् । यं त्वं सेनापतिं कृत्वा जयं प्राप्स्यसि सर्वदा

Transliteration

putramutpādayiṣyāmi sarvadaityavināśakam | yaṃ tvaṃ senāpatiṃ kṛtvā jayaṃ prāpsyasi sarvadā

Translation

„Ich werde einen Sohn hervorbringen, der alle Daityas vernichtet. Wenn du ihn zu deinem Heerführer machst, wirst du stets den Sieg erlangen.“

Word by Word

• putram: a son
• putram: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• utpādayiṣyāmi: I will produce/beget
• utpādayiṣyāmi: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ut + pad (धातु)
• Form: णिच्-प्रयोजक (causative) धातु: उत्पादय; लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• sarva: all
• sarva: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: विशेषण-रूपेण समासाङ्ग; (समस्तपदे अव्यक्त-विभक्ति)

• daitya: demons
• daitya: Sambandha (Genitival relation in compound/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daitya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासाङ्ग (in compound); पुंलिङ्ग (collective)

• vināśakam: destroyer
• vināśakam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi + nāśaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास: सर्व-दैत्य-विनाशक; पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (putram)

• yam: whom
• yam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-प्रत्यय (relative pronoun)

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• senāpatim: commander of the army
• senāpatim: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: senāpati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• kṛtvā: having made/appointed
• kṛtvā: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• jayam: victory
• jayam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• prāpsyasi: you will obtain
• prāpsyasi: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: āp (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; उपसर्ग: प्र-

• sarvadā: always
• sarvadā: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sarvadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time: always)

Speaker

Śiva (Śaṅkara/Mahādeva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kailāsa (mythic anchor)

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva declares the birth of a daitya-destroying son and appoints him, in prophecy, as Indra’s future general; the scene radiates martial destiny and divine certainty.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Indra
• Daityas
• Divine son (implied Skanda/Kārttikeya)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is protected through divinely appointed leadership; the divine manifests an instrument to remove oppression.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific sacred geography is referenced in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a prophetic assurance about divine birth and purpose.