Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

एवं प्रगच्छतस्तस्य वृद्धिं तत्र पुरोत्तमे । पितृमातृसमुद्भूतो यादृक्स्नेहो व्यवस्थितः

Transliteration

evaṃ pragacchatastasya vṛddhiṃ tatra purottame | pitṛmātṛsamudbhūto yādṛksneho vyavasthitaḥ

Translation

So wuchs er dort in jener vortrefflichen Stadt heran, und die natürliche Zuneigung, die aus Vater und Mutter entspringt, blieb in ihm fest gegründet, wie es sein soll.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (प्रकारवाचक)

• प्र-गच्छतः: of (him) progressing
• प्र-गच्छतः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-गम् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (शतृ-प्रत्यय, present active participle); पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन — ‘of him who was progressing’

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

• वृद्धिम्: growth/prosperity
• वृद्धिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक)

• पुर-उत्तमे: in the excellent city
• पुर-उत्तमे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुर (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; कर्मधारय — ‘उत्तमं पुरम्’

• पितृ-मातृ-समुद्भूतः: arising from father and mother
• पितृ-मातृ-समुद्भूतः: Karta (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक) + मातृ (प्रातिपदिक) + समुद्भूत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘पितृमातृसमुद्भूत’ = पितृमातृभ्यां समुद्भूतः (पञ्चमी/तृतीया-अर्थे तत्पुरुष)

• यादृक्-स्नेहः: such affection as (it was)
• यादृक्-स्नेहः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यादृश् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + स्नेह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारय — ‘यादृशः स्नेहः’

• व्यवस्थितः: was established/remained
• व्यवस्थितः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्यव-स्था (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Tīrthamāhātmya; likely Skanda)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A coming-of-age tableau in a sacred city: the young brāhmaṇa grows with composed demeanor, respectfully attending to mother and father; the city’s temples/ghāṭs appear in the background as a moral landscape.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is shown through stable, rightful affection—gratitude and loyalty within the family are presented as virtues that mature with one’s life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A “best city” within Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s sacred geography is referenced, but the precise tīrtha name is not stated in this verse alone.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is prescribed; the verse emphasizes ethical formation (sneha rooted in family dharma).