Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

अथ तस्या ययौ कालः सुप्रभूतः सुतं विना । ततो वैराग्यसंपन्ना सुतार्थं तपसि स्थिता

Transliteration

atha tasyā yayau kālaḥ suprabhūtaḥ sutaṃ vinā | tato vairāgyasaṃpannā sutārthaṃ tapasi sthitā

Translation

Da verging für sie lange Zeit, ohne dass sie einen Sohn hatte. Da, von Entsagung erfüllt, nahm sie Askese auf sich, um ein Kind zu erlangen.

Word by Word

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रमसूचक/सम्बन्धबोधक (then/now)

• तस्याः: of her
• तस्याः: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive); एकवचन

• ययौ: passed/went
• ययौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd); एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• कालः: time
• कालः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

• सुप्रभूतः: very much/abundantly (i.e., long)
• सुप्रभूतः: Visheshana (Adjectival to subject/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु- + प्रभूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘कालः’)

• सुतम्: a son
• सुतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन

• विना: without
• विना: Sambandha (Adverbial relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विना (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपसर्गार्थक-निषेध/वियोग (without)

• ततः: thereupon
• ततः: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय/तद्-तसिल्)
• Form: अव्यय; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (from that/thereupon)

• वैराग्यसंपन्ना: endowed with dispassion
• वैराग्यसंपन्ना: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वैराग्य + संपन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; विशेषण (she, endowed with dispassion)

• सुतार्थम्: for the sake of a son
• सुतार्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थक (for the sake of a son)

• तपसि: in austerity/penance
• तपसि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative); एकवचन

• स्थिता: remained/was established
• स्थिता: Kriya (Predicative participle/क्रियाविशेष)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/भूतकालिक; स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; (standing/remaining)

Speaker

Sūta

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A solitary woman in ascetic posture, time passing in seasons, her face calm yet sorrow-tinged, resolving to undertake tapas for a son.

Characters & Entities

• Ramā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Persistent tapas, supported by inner detachment, is portrayed as a dharmic means to seek divine grace and life’s rightful aims.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not named in this verse; it supports the broader tīrtha-māhātmya narrative arc.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tapas (austerity) is indicated broadly, without a specific rite detailed here.