Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

यया वंशधरः पुत्रो दीर्घायुर्दृढविक्रमः । त्वत्प्रसादाद्भवेद्देवि तथा त्वं कर्तुमर्हसि

Transliteration

yayā vaṃśadharaḥ putro dīrghāyurdṛḍhavikramaḥ | tvatprasādādbhaveddevi tathā tvaṃ kartumarhasi

Translation

O Goddess, please act so that—by your grace—a son may be born who sustains the lineage, is long-lived, and possesses steadfast valor.

Word by Word

• यया: by which
• यया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक (by which/through which)

• वंशधरः: lineage-bearer, continuer of the family
• वंशधरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वंश (प्रातिपदिक) + धर (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; √धृ (धातु))
• Form: पुँल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष (वंशं धरति इति)

• पुत्रः: son
• पुत्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुँल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• दीर्घायुः: long-lived
• दीर्घायुः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दीर्घ (प्रातिपदिक) + आयुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुँल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (दीर्घम् आयुः यस्य)

• दृढविक्रमः: of firm valor
• दृढविक्रमः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दृढ (प्रातिपदिक) + विक्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुँल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (दृढः विक्रमः यस्य)

• त्वत्प्रसादात्: from your grace
• त्वत्प्रसादात्: Apadana (Source/Cause/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुँल्लिङ्ग; पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (त्वस्य प्रसादः)

• भवेत्: may become, would be
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person); एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• देवि: O Goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• तथा: thus, so
• तथा: Sambandha (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb: 'thus/so')

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• कर्तुम्: to do, to make
• कर्तुम्: Karma (Complement of 'arhasi'/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (infinitive); क्रियार्थक

• अर्हसि: you ought, you are able/fit
• अर्हसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अर्ह् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present); मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person); एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

King (addressing Devī/Pārvatī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The petitioner describes the desired son: lineage-bearer, long-lived, firm in valor; Devī listens, poised to respond, with Śiva as silent witness.

Characters & Entities

• Pārvatī (Devī)
• Lineage (vaṃśa)
• King

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Desires are framed within dharma: progeny is sought not merely for pleasure but for sustaining lineage and righteous strength.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; it continues a tīrtha-context dialogue without naming the locale.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None stated; it is a direct supplication for Devī’s prasāda.