Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

एवं चान्या महाभागे पारंपर्येण कन्यकाः । तव वंशोद्भवाः सर्वाः प्रभविष्यंति मंत्रतः

Transliteration

evaṃ cānyā mahābhāge pāraṃparyeṇa kanyakāḥ | tava vaṃśodbhavāḥ sarvāḥ prabhaviṣyaṃti maṃtrataḥ

Translation

„Und so, o Hochbegnadete, werden auch andere Jungfrauen—durch eine ununterbrochene Überlieferung—allesamt als aus deiner Linie hervorgegangen erscheinen, kraft der Macht des Mantras.“

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• अन्याः: other
• अन्याः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (कन्यकाः)

• महाभागे: O greatly fortunate one
• महाभागे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• पारम्पर्येण: through succession
• पारम्पर्येण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पारम्पर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; 'by succession/tradition'

• कन्यकाः: maidens
• कन्यकाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्यका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• वंश-उद्भवाः: born from (your) lineage
• वंश-उद्भवाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वंश (प्रातिपदिक) + उद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (वंशात् उद्भवाः)

• सर्वाः: all
• सर्वाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (कन्यकाः)

• प्रभविष्यन्ति: will arise/come forth
• प्रभविष्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• मन्त्रतः: from the mantra; by the power of mantra
• मन्त्रतः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; हेतौ (because of/from)

Speaker

Śrī Bhagavān (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pādukā-sambhava (as implied)

Type: cave

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Kumārī (maiden)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva proclaims that, through succession, many maidens will arise as of her lineage by mantra; the imagery suggests a chain of initiations, each link illuminated by the same sacred light.

Characters & Entities

• Mantra
• Paramparā
• Kanyakā
• Vaṃśa (lineage)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A ‘lineage’ may be preserved through sacred transmission (paramparā) empowered by mantra, beyond biological descent.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The teaching appears within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya narrative of Śrīmātuḥ Pādukā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Continuation of a mantra-paramparā—ensuring teachings are passed on in proper succession.