Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

ततस्तेषां सुतैः पौत्रैर्नप्तृभिश्च सहस्रशः । दौहित्रैर्भागिनेयैश्च भूयो भूरि प्रपूरितम्

Transliteration

tatasteṣāṃ sutaiḥ pautrairnaptṛbhiśca sahasraśaḥ | dauhitrairbhāgineyaiśca bhūyo bhūri prapūritam

Translation

Alors, par leurs fils, petits-fils et arrière-petits-fils—par milliers—ainsi que par les fils de leurs filles et les fils de leurs sœurs, il fut rempli de nouveau, encore et encore, en une grande profusion.

Word by Word

• ततः: then; thereafter
• ततः: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अपादानार्थक/कालवाचक-अव्यय (thereafter)

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural), सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• सुतैः: by sons; with sons
• सुतैः: Karana (Agent-group instrumental/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• पौत्रैः: by grandsons
• पौत्रैः: Karana (Agent-group instrumental/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पौत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• नप्तृभिः: by great-grandsons
• नप्तृभिः: Karana (Agent-group instrumental/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नप्तृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• सहस्रशः: by thousands; in thousands
• सहस्रशः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial qualifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहस्रशस् (अव्यय)
• Form: परिमाण/प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (distributive adverb: by thousands)

• दौहित्रैः: by daughter's sons (grandsons)
• दौहित्रैः: Karana (Agent-group instrumental/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दौहित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• भागिनेयैः: by sister's sons (nephews)
• भागिनेयैः: Karana (Agent-group instrumental/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भागिनेय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• भूयः: again; further
• भूयः: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयः (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरावृत्तिवाचक-अव्यय (again; moreover)

• भूरि: abundantly; much
• भूरि: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial qualifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूरि (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: परिमाणवाचक-अव्यय (quantifier adverb: much; abundant)

• प्रपूरितम्: was completely filled
• प्रपूरितम्: Karta (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-√पॄ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A generational panorama: elders, sons, grandsons, and extended kin fill the streets and courtyards; rituals, teaching, and daily life continue in abundance around the sacred center.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇa lineages/descendants

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma rooted in a sacred place becomes generational—families multiply and continuity of tradition strengthens over time.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse describes the flourishing of a tīrtha-linked settlement, but the excerpt does not provide the site-name.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the focus is on demographic and lineage flourishing as a result of stable dharmic life.