Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

अथ तस्य महीपस्य अंबानामाभवत्सुता । तथान्या वृद्धसंज्ञा च रूपौदार्यगुणान्विते

Transliteration

atha tasya mahīpasya aṃbānāmābhavatsutā | tathānyā vṛddhasaṃjñā ca rūpaudāryaguṇānvite

Translation

Daraufhin hatte jener König eine Tochter namens Ambā; und eine weitere, bekannt als Vṛddhā—beide begabt mit Schönheit, Großmut und edlen Tugenden.

Word by Word

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय (then/thereupon)

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

• महीपस्य: of the king
• महीपस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महीप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• अंबानामा: (a daughter) named Ambā
• अंबानामा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अंबा + नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (अंबा नाम यस्याः सा)

• अभवत्: was/became
• अभवत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सुता: daughter
• सुता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकार/समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (likewise/also)

• अन्या: another (one)
• अन्या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• वृद्धसंज्ञा: having the name ‘Vṛddhā’
• वृद्धसंज्ञा: Apposition (Samanadhikarana/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृद्ध + संज्ञा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (वृद्धा इति संज्ञा यस्याः/या)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• रूपौदार्यगुणान्विते: endowed with beauty, generosity, and virtues (the two)
• रूपौदार्यगुणान्विते: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रूप + औदार्य + गुण + अन्वित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), द्विवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (रूपेण औदार्येण गुणैश्च अन्विते)

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ambā / Vṛddhā (as eponymic anchors for Ambāvṛddhā)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sages/brāhmaṇas (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king’s two daughters—Ambā and Vṛddhā—are introduced as radiant and virtuous, suggesting their later role in the origin of Ambāvṛddhā’s sanctity or naming.

Characters & Entities

• Sūta
• Ambā
• Vṛddhā
• king (mahīpa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Virtue (guṇa), generosity (audārya), and inner nobility are portrayed as auspicious foundations for later sacred destiny in tīrtha narratives.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

These figures belong to the backstory that culminates in the sanctity of Ambāvṛddhā at the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra setting of the chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it provides character and lineage context for the māhātmya.