Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

ततः स्तोकेन कालेन तस्य पुत्रचतुष्टयम् । संजातं लोके विख्यातं कलत्रत्रितयस्य च

Transliteration

tataḥ stokena kālena tasya putracatuṣṭayam | saṃjātaṃ loke vikhyātaṃ kalatratritayasya ca

Translation

Dann, nach kurzer Zeit, wurden ihm vier Söhne geboren, die in der Welt berühmt wurden—auch aus seinen drei Königinnen.

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Sambandha (Sequence/अनुक्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनन्तरार्थक (thereafter)

• स्तोकेन: with a little (short)
• स्तोकेन: Karana (Measure/प्रमाण-करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: stoka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन; परिमाणवाचक विशेषण (to कालेन)

• कालेन: time
• कालेन: Karana (Instrument/Time-span as means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th); एकवचन

• पुत्र-चतुष्टयम्: a set of four sons
• पुत्र-चतुष्टयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक) + catuṣṭaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (पुत्राणां चतुष्टयम्)

• संजातम्: was born, arose
• संजातम्: Kriya (Predicate participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-√jan (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त/PPP); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन; ‘उत्पन्नम्’ अर्थे

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• विख्यातम्: renowned
• विख्यातम्: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi-√khyā (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन; ‘प्रसिद्धम्’ अर्थे; पुत्रचतुष्टयम् इति विशेषणम्

• कलत्र-त्रितयस्य: of the three wives
• कलत्र-त्रितयस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kalatra (प्रातिपदिक) + tritaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति; एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (कलत्राणां त्रितयम्)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (and)

Speaker

Narrator of the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya (contextual purāṇic narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rājavāpī

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: In the royal palace, three queens with infants and attendants; the king rejoices as four sons are presented, with auspicious drums and lamps—an epilogue confirming the boon.

Characters & Entities

• Daśaratha (implied)
• Rāma (foreshadowed)
• Bharata (foreshadowed)
• Lakṣmaṇa (foreshadowed)
• Śatrughna (foreshadowed)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-sevā and dharmic rites are depicted as bearing tangible fruits—progeny, fame, and the fulfillment of royal duty.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha is the one praised earlier in Adhyāya 98; this verse focuses on the result rather than naming the site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new prescription here; it reports the fruit (phala) of the prior observance.