Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 52

Devanagari script

तावत्पुत्रोद्भवं दुःखं तथा प्रियसमु द्भवम् । यावत्त्वं देव नायासि सन्तोषं देहिनामिह

Transliteration

tāvatputrodbhavaṃ duḥkhaṃ tathā priyasamu dbhavam | yāvattvaṃ deva nāyāsi santoṣaṃ dehināmiha

Translation

ទុក្ខដែលកើតពីកូន ក៏ដូចជាទុក្ខដែលកើតពីអ្វីដែលស្រឡាញ់ នឹងមានដរាបណា ព្រះអង្គមិនមកប្រទានសន្តោសដល់អ្នកមានរាងកាយនៅទីនេះទេ។

Word by Word

• तावत्: so long
• तावत्: Sambandha (Correlative/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पर्यन्तवाचक (so long)

• पुत्रोद्भवम्: arising from a son
• पुत्रोद्भवम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक) + udbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (पुत्रात्/पुत्रस्य उद्भवः); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन (agreeing with ‘दुःखम्’)

• दुःखम्: sorrow
• दुःखम्: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: duḥkha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (here: प्रथमा as subject with implied ‘asti’)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/तुलनार्थक (likewise)

• प्रियसमुद्भवम्: arising from what is dear
• प्रियसमुद्भवम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: priya (प्रातिपदिक) + sam-udbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (प्रियात्/प्रियस्य समुद्भवः); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन (agreeing with ‘दुःखम्’ understood)

• यावत्: until
• यावत्: Sambandha (Relative/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; यावत्तावद्-सम्बन्धे (until/as long as)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• देव: O god
• देव: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन, एकवचन (Vocative)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध

• आयासि: you come/attain
• आयासि: Kriya (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-yā (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present); परस्मैपद; मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• सन्तोषम्: contentment
• सन्तोषम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: santoṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन

• देहिनाम्: of embodied beings
• देहिनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dehin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• इह: here
• इह: Desha-adhikarana (Locative sense)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (adverb of place: “here/in this world”)

Speaker

A devotee (tīrtha-related narrator context; speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A householder devotee with family behind him—child and beloved—faces a liṅga; sorrowful expressions soften as a calm light of contentment spreads, symbolizing transformed attachment.

Characters & Entities

• Santoṣa
• Dehin (embodied beings)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Attachment generates grief; divine grace grants contentment that transforms worldly relationships into peace rather than suffering.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse serves the chapter’s general tīrtha teaching on devotion and inner transformation; it does not specify a named tīrtha here.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is mentioned; it points to the devotional cause of santoṣa.