Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

येन ते तत्प्रभावेन भूयः स्यात्तादृशं वपुः । तस्य देवस्य माहात्म्यादचिरादपि काश्यप

Transliteration

yena te tatprabhāvena bhūyaḥ syāttādṛśaṃ vapuḥ | tasya devasya māhātmyādacirādapi kāśyapa

Translation

Durch die Macht jenes Herrn wird dein Leib wieder werden wie zuvor; durch die Größe dieses Deva, o Kāśyapa, geschieht es sogar in kurzer Zeit.

Word by Word

• येन: by which; whereby
• येन: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्गे तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया) एकवचनम्; करण-प्रयोगे (instrumental: 'by which/whereby')

• ते: to you; for you
• ते: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी) एकवचनम् (enclitic); सम्प्रदानार्थे

• तत्-प्रभावेन: by that power/effect
• तत्-प्रभावेन: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + प्रभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया) एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (तस्य प्रभावः)

• भूयः: again; once more
• भूयः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषणम् (adverb)

• स्यात्: may be; would become
• स्यात्: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative); प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person); एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• तादृशम्: such; of that kind
• तादृशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तादृश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया) एकवचनम्; विशेषणम्

• वपुः: body; form
• वपुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वपुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा) एकवचनम्

• तस्य: of that
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्गे षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी) एकवचनम्

• देवस्य: of the god
• देवस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी) एकवचनम्

• माहात्म्यात्: from the greatness; due to the glory
• माहात्म्यात्: Apādāna/Hetu (Ablative-Cause/अपादान-हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी) एकवचनम्; हेतौ/अपादाने (ablative: 'from/because of')

• अचिरात्: soon; in no long time
• अचिरात्: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अचिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक-क्रियाविशेषणम् (temporal adverb)

• अपि: also; even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपातः (particle: emphasis/concession)

• काश्यप: O Kāśyapa
• काश्यप: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काश्यप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन) एकवचनम्; संबोधनम्

Speaker

Janārdana (Viṣṇu)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Kāśyapa

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage (Kāśyapa) is addressed with a consoling prophecy of bodily restoration through a nearby Śaiva Deva’s greatness; the atmosphere is oracular and reassuring.

Characters & Entities

• Janārdana (Viṣṇu)
• Śiva (implied by prior verses: Śaśiśekhara/Śambhu)
• Kāśyapa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Māhātmya is not mere praise—it is presented as real spiritual potency: devotion leads to swift restoration through divine grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular tīrtha is named in this verse; the ‘māhātmya’ emphasized is of the deity (Śiva) as the saving power.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly continues the prior prescription: worship/propitiation of Śiva, promising quick fruit (restoration).