Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

स्ववंशजास्तदा सर्वे नृत्यंति हर्षिता ध्रुवम्

Transliteration

svavaṃśajāstadā sarve nṛtyaṃti harṣitā dhruvam

Translation

Alors, tous ceux de sa propre lignée, assurément, se réjouissent et dansent, comblés d’allégresse.

Word by Word

• svavaṃśajāḥ: those born in their own lineage (descendants)
• svavaṃśajāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva + vaṃśa + ja (प्रातिपदिक; स्व + वंश + ज)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (svavaṃśasya jāḥ = 'born in one’s own lineage')

• tadā: then
• tadā: Sambandha (Temporal relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (then)

• sarve: all
• sarve: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying svavaṃśajāḥ)

• nṛtyanti: dance
• nṛtyanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: nṛt (नृत् धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• harṣitāḥ: delighted
• harṣitāḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: harṣita (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त-विशेषण)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; भूतकृदन्त (PPP from √hṛṣ 'to rejoice'), विशेषण

• dhruvam: certainly
• dhruvam: Sambandha (Emphasis/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: dhruva (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययवत्)
• Form: निपात/अव्ययार्थे (certainly, surely)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Govatsa-liṅga (Dharmāraṇya)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A celebratory vision: members of one’s lineage—seen as subtle, ancestral presences—rejoice and dance, as if the pilgrim’s approaching darśana has already uplifted them.

Characters & Entities

• Kula/vaṃśa (lineage)
• Harṣa (joy)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Religious merit is portrayed as trans-generational: one person’s dharmic act brings joy and uplift to the whole family line.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The statement continues the Dharmāraṇya mahātmya context where worship and vows yield family-wide auspicious results.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new ritual is specified; it describes the auspicious consequence (phala) of the preceding worship/vigil.