Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

तासां समभवद्विप्राः शतं पंचाधिकं तथा

Transliteration

tāsāṃ samabhavadviprāḥ śataṃ paṃcādhikaṃ tathā

Translation

De ellas, oh brāhmanes, nacieron asimismo cien y cinco (hijos).

Word by Word

• तासाम्: of those (women)
• तासाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे षष्ठी-विभक्तिः (Genitive/6th), बहुवचनम्; सर्वनाम-रूपम्

• समभवत्: there arose/there came to be
• समभवत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकारः (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd), एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• विप्राः: brāhmaṇas
• विप्राः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), बहुवचनम्

• शतम्: a hundred
• शतम्: Visheshana (Quantifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Nom/Acc), एकवचनम्; संख्यावाचक-शब्दः

• पञ्चाधिकम्: five more (i.e., plus five)
• पञ्चाधिकम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्च + अधिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Nom/Acc), एकवचनम्; तत्पुरुषः (पञ्चेन अधिकम् = five more)

• तथा: also/likewise
• तथा: Sambandha/Avyaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; प्रकार/समुच्चयार्थे (adverb/conjunctive particle)

Speaker

Deductive: Purāṇic narrator in Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya (likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis/brāhmaṇas

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A courtly, manuscript-like scene: elders and brāhmaṇas recounting the birth of many sons, with a royal couple seated, attendants, and a genealogical scroll motif.

Characters & Entities

• vipra (brāhmaṇas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The māhātmya concludes the claim of abundant progeny as the celebrated fruit of this tīrtha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Suputradā/Putradā Kuṇḍa—the son-bestowing sacred tank.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No additional prescription; it summarizes the result (phala) of the tīrtha observance described earlier.