Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 68

Devanagari script

अत्र संपत्स्यते पुत्रो द्वादशार्कसमप्रभः । भवतीनामपि प्रायः पुत्रत्वं संप्रयास्यति

Transliteration

atra saṃpatsyate putro dvādaśārkasamaprabhaḥ | bhavatīnāmapi prāyaḥ putratvaṃ saṃprayāsyati

Translation

「ここにて、十二の太陽に等しく輝く一子が成就する。さらに汝らにも、特別なるかたちで母となる徳が顕れるであろう。」

Word by Word

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (स्थानवाचक/locative adverb)

• संपत्स्यते: will be obtained / will come to be
• संपत्स्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+पद् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (भविष्यत्-अर्थे/near-future usage), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; विधिलिङ्ग-न (here: simple future sense)

• पुत्रः: a son
• पुत्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• द्वादशार्कसमप्रभः: having splendor equal to twelve suns
• द्वादशार्कसमप्रभः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वादश + अर्क + सम + प्रभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (उपमान-निर्देशः: अर्कसमः; तस्य प्रभा यस्य)

• भवतीनाम्: of you ladies
• भवतीनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case), बहुवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle relation/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/particle; ‘also/even’)

• प्रायः: generally, for the most part
• प्रायः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रायः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb: ‘generally/mostly’)

• पुत्रत्वम्: sonhood; the state of having a son
• पुत्रत्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्रत्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

• संप्रयास्यति: will come about / will be attained
• संप्रयास्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+प्र+या (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्काल/future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Śatakratu (Indra) (implied continuation of the instruction)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacred locale where a boon is pronounced: a future child blazing like twelve suns; women receiving assurance of motherhood as a miraculous tīrtha-phala.

Characters & Entities

• Śatakratu (Indra)
• Future son (Skanda/Kumāra implied)
• Ṣaṭkṛttikāḥ

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places are shown as wombs of destiny, where divine power takes form for the protection of dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse praises the sanctity of “here” (atra) within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s tīrtha narrative; the exact toponym is outside this single-verse excerpt.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual instruction appears; the verse is prophetic and place-affirming.