Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

ततः करिष्यति श्राद्धं यावत्संवत्सरं नृप । अपुत्रः प्राप्स्यते पुत्रान्वंशवृद्धिकरान्स हि

Transliteration

tataḥ kariṣyati śrāddhaṃ yāvatsaṃvatsaraṃ nṛpa | aputraḥ prāpsyate putrānvaṃśavṛddhikarānsa hi

Translation

Dann, o König, soll er ein volles Jahr lang das Śrāddha vollziehen; wahrlich, selbst wer ohne Sohn ist, wird Söhne erlangen, die das Geschlecht mehren.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध-क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तस्मात्-प्रभव (indeclinable: ‘then/thereafter’)

• करिष्यति: will do, will perform
• करिष्यति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार; प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• श्राद्धम्: śrāddha rite
• श्राद्धम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrāddha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• यावत्: up to, for as long as
• यावत्: Sambandha (Extent/अवधि)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; परिमाण/अवधि-वाचक (indeclinable: ‘as long as/up to’)

• संवत्सरम्: a year
• संवत्सरम्: Karma (Extent/कालावधि-कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃvatsara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन; कालपरिमाण (duration)

• नृप: O king
• नृप: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative); एकवचन

• अपुत्रः: sonless
• अपुत्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a- (नञ्) + putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन; नञ्-समासार्थ (without a son)

• प्राप्स्यते: will obtain
• प्राप्स्यते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√āp (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार; प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• पुत्रान्: sons
• पुत्रान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; बहुवचन

• वंश-वृद्धि-करान्: causing increase of the lineage
• वंश-वृद्धि-करान्: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vaṃśa (प्रातिपदिक) + vṛddhi (प्रातिपदिक) + kara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (वंशस्य वृद्धिं कुर्वन्ति ये)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Emphasis/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle of emphasis/indeed)

Speaker

Narrator of the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya (contextual purāṇic narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rājavāpī

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (nṛpa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A king or householder performs śrāddha: seated on kuśa grass near the tīrtha, offering piṇḍa and water-libations, with brāhmaṇas receiving food and gifts; the stepwell glimmers nearby.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Service to the ancestors through śrāddha, supported by tīrtha-merit, is portrayed as restoring prosperity and continuity of lineage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The benefit is tied to the tīrtha described in Adhyāya 98; this verse itself does not specify the name.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performing śrāddha continuously for a year after the tīrtha observance.