Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

युष्माकं नगरे तासां सुपुत्रो नाशमाप्स्यति । युष्माकमपमाने न सदा रोगी भविष्यति

Transliteration

yuṣmākaṃ nagare tāsāṃ suputro nāśamāpsyati | yuṣmākamapamāne na sadā rogī bhaviṣyati

Translation

汝らの都において、それ（この供養）を行う者たちの善き子らは滅びに遭わない。また汝らが侮られる時にも、彼女らは常に病に悩まされることはない。

Word by Word

• युष्माकम्: of you (all)
• युष्माकम्: Śeṣa (Genitive/Relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्

• नगरे: in the city
• नगरे: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नगर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• तासाम्: of those (women)
• तासाम्: Śeṣa (Genitive/Relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्

• सुपुत्रः: a good son
• सुपुत्रः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु + पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; समासः—उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (सु- ‘good’ + पुत्र ‘son’)

• नाशम्: destruction
• नाशम्: Karma (Object/Goal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• आप्स्यति: will attain / will meet with
• आप्स्यति: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकारः (भविष्यत्कालः/Future), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; parasmaipada

• युष्माकम्: of you (all)
• युष्माकम्: Śeṣa (Genitive/Relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्

• अपमाने: in (case of) insult
• अपमाने: Adhikaraṇa (Condition/Occasion)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपमान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्ययम्

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Temporal adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: काल-अव्ययम् (adverb of time: always)

• रोगी: a sick person
• रोगी: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोगिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; ‘-in’ stem

• भविष्यति: will be
• भविष्यति: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकारः (भविष्यत्कालः/Future), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; parasmaipada

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (promising protective results tied to honoring the devīs/rites)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A blessing is proclaimed over a city: families with children receive protection; imagery of healthy sons, physicians turned away, and a protective deity/guardian presence over city gates.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Respecting sacred guardians and prescribed rites is linked with family welfare—protection of children and freedom from enduring illness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The sacred city of the Nāgarakhaṇḍa narrative; the promise is city-wide protection rather than a single water-tirtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicit: maintain worship and honor toward the invoked powers; the verse states benefits rather than steps.