Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

मांगल्यैः संपरित्यक्तं यद्भवेत्सूतिकागृहम् । तस्मिन्यस्तिष्ठते बालः स युष्माकं प्रकल्पितः

Transliteration

māṃgalyaiḥ saṃparityaktaṃ yadbhavetsūtikāgṛham | tasminyastiṣṭhate bālaḥ sa yuṣmākaṃ prakalpitaḥ

Translation

Si la maison d’accouchement est délaissée, privée de rites fastes et de protections, alors l’enfant qui y demeure est proclamé comme étant assigné à vous.

Word by Word

• माङ्गल्यैः: by auspicious rites/ceremonies
• माङ्गल्यैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माङ्गल्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन — Instrumental plural (by/with auspicious rites)

• सम्परित्यक्तम्: abandoned, forsaken
• सम्परित्यक्तम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्+परि+त्यज् (धातु) → परित्यक्त (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — PPP; neuter sg (agreeing with गृहम्)

• यत्: which/that (which)
• यत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Relative pronoun; nominative sg (introducing relative clause)

• भवेत्: may be, would become
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — may be/should be

• सूतिका-गृहम्: a lying-in room/house of childbirth
• सूतिका-गृहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूतिका (प्रातिपदिक) + गृहम् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative) ‘सूतिकायाः गृहम्’; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — neuter sg

• तस्मिन्: in that (place)
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन — Locative sg (in that)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Relative pronoun; nominative sg (who)

• तिष्ठते: stands, remains
• तिष्ठते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद — stands/remains

• बालः: a child/boy
• बालः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Nominative sg

• सः: he/that one
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Demonstrative pronoun; nominative sg

• युष्माकम्: of you (pl.)
• युष्माकम्: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन — Genitive plural (of you)

• प्रकल्पितः: assigned, allotted
• प्रकल्पितः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र+कल्प् (धातु) → प्रकल्पित (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — appointed/assigned (agreeing with सः)

Speaker

Unspecified (deduced: narrator voice in Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dim, abandoned sūtikāgṛha (lying-in chamber) without lamps or protective marks; a lone infant remains, while shadowy graha/bhūta figures hover at the threshold, suggesting the consequence of neglected maṅgala-rakṣā.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Auspicious, dharmic observances are presented as spiritual protection; neglect is portrayed as spiritually dangerous.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse does not name a tīrtha; it serves as a cautionary dharma statement within the chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Ensure māṃgalya (auspicious rites/protections) are maintained in the sūtikāgṛha during the childbirth period.