Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

न षष्ठीजागरो यस्य बालकस्य भविष्यति । स भविष्यति भोज्याय युष्माकं नात्र संशयः

Transliteration

na ṣaṣṭhījāgaro yasya bālakasya bhaviṣyati | sa bhaviṣyati bhojyāya yuṣmākaṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ

Translation

L’enfant pour qui l’on n’accomplit pas la veille de la sixième nuit (ṣaṣṭhī-jāgara) deviendra votre nourriture ; là-dessus, nul doute.

Word by Word

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation)

• षष्ठीजागरः: the sixth-day waking/rite
• षष्ठीजागरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: षष्ठी + जागर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (षष्ठ्यां जागरः = sixth-day vigil/awakening)

• यस्य: whose
• यस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक सर्वनाम

• बालकस्य: of the child
• बालकस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बालक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• भविष्यति: will be
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्काल), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• सः: he/that one
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• भविष्यति: will be
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्काल), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• भोज्याय: for eating, as edible (food)
• भोज्याय: Sampradana (Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोज्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थे दत्तिविभक्ति (as food/for eating)

• युष्माकम्: of you (pl.)
• युष्माकम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय; अत्र 'नात्र' इति संधौ

• अत्र: here/in this matter
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb of place)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तृ/विषय

Speaker

Unspecified (deduced: narrator voice in Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Night vigil scene: family members awake around a cradle; lamp and small fire burning; offerings arranged; protective deity presence suggested; darkness outside contrasted with inner light.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Protective rites and disciplined observances are portrayed as dharmic safeguards; negligence invites grave misfortune.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse does not specify a location; it is a dharma-oriented statement embedded in a tīrthamāhātmya chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform the ṣaṣṭhī-jāgara (sixth-night vigil/observance) for the newborn as a protective saṃskāra-like rite.