Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

ततोऽहं सुमहत्कृत्वा तपश्चैवानया सह । करिष्यामि शुभास्यां च तथा लक्ष्मीमपि द्विज

Transliteration

tato'haṃ sumahatkṛtvā tapaścaivānayā saha | kariṣyāmi śubhāsyāṃ ca tathā lakṣmīmapi dvija

Translation

„Dann werde ich zusammen mit ihr äußerst große Askese (tapas) üben; und, o Brāhmaṇa, ich werde auch die Glücksgesichtige hervorbringen – ebenso Lakṣmī.“

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: काल/अनुक्रमवाचक-अव्ययम्; English: adverb ‘then’

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; English: nominative singular

• सुमहत्: a very great (deed)
• सुमहत्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु + महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; ‘कृत्वा’ इत्यस्य कर्म (किम् कृत्वा?); English: accusative singular neuter

• कृत्वा: having done
• कृत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कृ (धातु) + क्त्वा (अव्यय-कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययम् (पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया); English: gerund ‘having done’

• तपः: austerity; penance
• तपः: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; English: accusative singular

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्ययम्; English: conjunction

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्ययम्; English: emphatic ‘indeed/only’

• अनया: with this (woman)
• अनया: Sahakaraka (Accompaniment)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गः, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (सह/करण), एकवचनम्; English: instrumental singular

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahakaraka (Accompaniment)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-योगे अव्ययम्; English: postposition ‘with’

• करिष्यामि: I will do
• करिष्यामि: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकारः (भविष्यत्कालः), परस्मैपदम्, उत्तम-पुरुषः, एकवचनम्; English: future 1st sg

• शुभास्याम्: the fair-faced (woman)
• शुभास्याम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुभ + आस्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गः, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; समासः कर्मधारयः (शुभम् आस्यम् यस्याः/शुभास्या); English: accusative singular

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्ययम्; English: conjunction

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: रीतिवाचक-अव्ययम्; English: adverb ‘thus/likewise’

• लक्ष्मीम्: Lakṣmī; fortune
• लक्ष्मीम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष्मी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गः, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; English: accusative singular

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अप्यर्थक-अव्ययम्; English: ‘also/even’

• द्विज: O twice-born (brāhmaṇa)
• द्विज: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, सम्बोधन-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; English: vocative singular

Speaker

Keśava/Divine figure (first person; addressing dvija)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Lord vows to perform great austerity together with her, promising to make her auspicious-faced and to bring Lakṣmī—suggesting a future scene of tapas in a sacred grove or riverside hermitage.

Characters & Entities

• tapas (austerity)
• Lakṣmī
• dvija

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tapas is portrayed as a purifying power that restores auspiciousness and divine prosperity (Lakṣmī).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not named in this verse; the focus is on austerity and divine outcomes within the chapter’s narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tapas (austerity) is prescribed/undertaken as the central religious act.