Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

सकृन्मैधुनसंसर्गात्ततस्तीर्थप्रभावतः । सर्वासां यत्सुता जाता दुहिता न कथंचन

Transliteration

sakṛnmaidhunasaṃsargāttatastīrthaprabhāvataḥ | sarvāsāṃ yatsutā jātā duhitā na kathaṃcana

Translation

Puis, par la puissance de ce tīrtha, d’un seul acte d’union conjugale, des fils naquirent à toutes—et nullement des filles, d’aucune manière.

Word by Word

• सकृत्: once
• सकृत्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सकृत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; काल/आवृत्तिवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of frequency: once)

• मैधुन-संसर्गात्: from sexual union/association
• मैधुन-संसर्गात्: Apādāna/Hetu (Cause/Source/अपादान-हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मैधुन (प्रातिपदिक) + संसर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी (अपादान/हेतु), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (मैधुनस्य संसर्गः)

• ततः: thereupon/therefore
• ततः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तदनन्तरवाचक/तस्मात्-प्रभृति (thereupon/therefrom)

• तीर्थ-प्रभावतः: due to the power of the tīrtha
• तीर्थ-प्रभावतः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी (हेतु), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (तीर्थस्य प्रभावः)

• सर्वासाम्: of all (women)
• सर्वासाम्: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (of all)

• यत्: that which
• यत्: Sambandha (Correlative/relative link)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचकं सर्वनाम (relative pronoun: that which)

• सुता: a child/offspring
• सुता: Karta/Viṣaya (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• जाता: is born
• जाता: Kriyā (Predicate participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जन् (धातु) + त (क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि/भूतभावे (born/has arisen)

• दुहिता: a daughter
• दुहिता: Karta/Predicative nominative (Apposition/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुहिता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; सुता-विशेषण/समानााधिकरण

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation particle)

• कथंचन: in any way (at all)
• कथंचन: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथंचन (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/कदाचित्-निषेधसह (in any way/at all)

Speaker

Unspecified narrator within Tīrthamāhātmya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Suputradā (implied by subsequent verse)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacred pond at dawn; multiple couples stand at the water’s edge with offerings; the water glows subtly, signifying tīrtha-śakti; elders/ṛṣis witness the rite; a narrative panel hints at sons being born to many households.

Characters & Entities

• Tīrtha (Vāsiṣṭha Kuṇḍa implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇic phalaśruti magnifies tīrtha-merit, portraying sacred places as capable of granting swift and definitive results aligned with household aims.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ‘tīrtha’ refers to Vāsiṣṭha Kuṇḍa described immediately earlier in the passage.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The implied sequence is tīrtha-snāna (with mantra, as stated) followed by conjugal union; the verse emphasizes the resulting phala.