Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 64

Devanagari script

यथर्तुवर्षी पर्जन्यः सस्यानि गुणवन्ति च । भूरिक्षीरस्रवा गावः क्षीराण्याजाविकानि च

Transliteration

yathartuvarṣī parjanyaḥ sasyāni guṇavanti ca | bhūrikṣīrasravā gāvaḥ kṣīrāṇyājāvikāni ca

Translation

La pluie tombait en sa saison, et les récoltes étaient d’une grande qualité. Les vaches donnaient un lait abondant, et le lait des chèvres et des brebis était lui aussi généreux.

Word by Word

• यथा: as
• यथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमान/प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (as/according to)

• ऋतुवर्षी: seasonal (raining in due time)
• ऋतुवर्षी: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऋतु + वर्षिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; समासः—ऋतौ वर्षति इति (raining in due season)

• पर्जन्यः: rain-cloud / rain
• पर्जन्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्जन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• सस्यानि: crops
• सस्यानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सस्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

• गुणवन्ति: excellent/possessing qualities
• गुणवन्ति: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गुणवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; सस्यानि इति विशेषणम्

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात

• भूरिक्षीरस्रवाः: flowing with abundant milk
• भूरिक्षीरस्रवाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भूरि + क्षीर + स्रव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; समासः—भूरि क्षीरं स्रवति इति (yielding much milk)

• गावः: cows
• गावः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

• क्षीराणि: milk (quantities)
• क्षीराणि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

• आजाविकानि: of goats and sheep
• आजाविकानि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आजा + अविक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; समासः—आजा च अविका च (goat-and-sheep related)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात

Speaker

Unspecified narrator (city-description in Nāgarakhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Monsoon clouds releasing gentle rain over golden fields; herds of cows with full udders; shepherds with goats and sheep; granaries and dairy vessels brimming.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic mahātmya links righteousness with ecological balance—timely rains and abundance are portrayed as fruits of dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The prosperity of a sacred city in Nāgarakhaṇḍa is described; the verse itself does not specify the tīrtha’s name.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse describes auspicious results (ṛtu-varṣā, good crops, abundant dairy).