Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

ततो गृहस्थतां प्राप्तः कृतदारपरिग्रहः । वृद्धभावं समापन्नः संतानेन विवर्जितः

Transliteration

tato gṛhasthatāṃ prāptaḥ kṛtadāraparigrahaḥ | vṛddhabhāvaṃ samāpannaḥ saṃtānena vivarjitaḥ

Translation

Par la suite, il entra dans la vie de maître de maison en prenant épouse ; il atteignit la vieillesse, mais resta privé de descendance.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then, thereafter
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (प्रातिपदिक/अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable adverb): तस्मात्/ततः = ‘thereupon/then’

• gṛhasthatām: the state of being a householder
• gṛhasthatām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gṛhasthatā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/accusative), एकवचन; भाववाचक-नाम (state/condition)

• prāptaḥ: having attained
• prāptaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √āp (धातु) + pra- (उपसर्ग) → प्राप्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगे ‘having attained’

• kṛta-dāra-parigrahaḥ: one who has taken a wife (married)
• kṛta-dāra-parigrahaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛta (√kṛ, कृदन्त) + dāra (प्रातिपदिक) + parigraha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (कर्मधारय-प्रायः/विशेषण-प्रधान): ‘कृतः दारपरिग्रहः यस्य’; पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• vṛddha-bhāvam: old age, the condition of being old
• vṛddha-bhāvam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛddha (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (विशेषण-विशेष्य): ‘वृद्धस्य भावः’; पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• samāpannaḥ: having reached, having come to
• samāpannaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √pad (धातु) + sam-ā- (उपसर्ग) → समापन्न (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past active/PPP-like usage), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘having reached/entered’

• saṃtānena: by progeny; with offspring
• saṃtānena: Hetu/Instrument (Cause/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃtāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/instrumental), एकवचन

• vivarjitaḥ: deprived of, without
• vivarjitaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √vṛj (धातु) + vi- (उपसर्ग) → विवर्जित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘devoid of’

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A couple in later life sits in a quiet courtyard—wife beside husband—surrounded by emptiness where children would be; the man’s face shows regret, the home feels prosperous yet hollow.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worldly settlement does not guarantee fulfillment; Purāṇic narrative often frames such lack as a karmic consequence prompting pilgrimage and devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Contextually within Jāgeśvara tīrtha-māhātmya, though the verse focuses on life events.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.