Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

भवेत्संवत्सरं यावत्संप्राप्ते पंचमीदिने । मा तस्य पुत्रशोको हि इह लोके कथञ्चन

Transliteration

bhavetsaṃvatsaraṃ yāvatsaṃprāpte paṃcamīdine | mā tasya putraśoko hi iha loke kathañcana

Translation

«…durante un año entero, hasta la llegada del quinto día lunar (pañcamī), que en este mundo no le sobrevenga de ningún modo aflicción por un hijo.»

Word by Word

• भवेत्: may there be / should be
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• संवत्सरम्: for a year
• संवत्सरम्: Kāla-adhikarana (Time-extent/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संवत्सर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; कालावधि (extent of time)

• यावत्: until, as long as
• यावत्: Kāla-sambandha (Temporal relation/कालसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय/सम्बन्ध-शब्द)
• Form: अव्यय; परिमाण/अवधि-वाचक (until/as long as)

• संप्राप्ते: when (it) has arrived
• संप्राप्ते: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्+प्र+आप् (धातु) → संप्राप्त (कृदन्त; क्त)
• Form: सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; (दिने इति अपेक्षया) नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग-सप्तमी

• पञ्चमी-दिने: on the fifth day (Pañcamī)
• पञ्चमी-दिने: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्चमी (प्रातिपदिक) + दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (पञ्चम्याः दिनम्)

• मा: let not
• मा: Pratishedha (Prohibition/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेधार्थक (prohibitive particle)

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

• पुत्र-शोकः: grief for (one's) son
• पुत्र-शोकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + शोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (पुत्रस्य शोकः)

• हि: indeed, surely
• हि: Emphasis (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphasis/causal particle)

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• कथञ्चन: in any way, at all
• कथञ्चन: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथञ्चन (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

Speaker

Brāhmaṇa (continuation from prior verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yama

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The brāhmaṇa articulates the boon: a worshipper is protected from the sorrow of losing a son; the scene juxtaposes Yama’s stern iconography with a compassionate, protective aura around a family.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic worship is presented as protective and restorative for householders, specifically guarding against deep familial sorrow.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The benefit is stated within a Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative; the snippet does not name the site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A results-statement tied to worship with the given mantra, with a time-marker: up to/for a year and connected to pañcamī.