Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

यथायथा तपोवृद्धिस्तस्याः सञ्जायते द्विजाः । तथा रूपं च कांतिश्च शरीरे प्रतिवर्धते

Transliteration

yathāyathā tapovṛddhistasyāḥ sañjāyate dvijāḥ | tathā rūpaṃ ca kāṃtiśca śarīre prativardhate

Translation

ໂອ ທ່ານດວິຊະທັງຫຼາຍ, ເມື່ອໃດທີ່ຕະປະຂອງນາງເພີ່ມພູນຂຶ້ນເລື້ອຍໆ ເມື່ອນັ້ນຄວາມງາມແລະລັດສະຫມີກໍເພີ່ມພູນໃນກາຍຂອງນາງເຊັ່ນກັນ.

Word by Word

• yathā-yathā: as and as (in whatever measure)
• yathā-yathā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; पुनरुक्त-अव्यय (correlative adverb: ‘as…so…’)

• tapaḥ-vṛddhiḥ: increase of austerity
• tapaḥ-vṛddhiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (प्रातिपदिक) + vṛddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (tapasāṃ vṛddhiḥ)

• tasyāḥ: of her
• tasyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• sañjāyate: arises, comes into being
• sañjāyate: Kriyā (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-√jan (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदी

• dvijāḥ: O twice-born (Brahmins)
• dvijāḥ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन/प्रथमा (Vocative/Nominative), बहुवचन; here सम्बोधन (address)

• tathā: so, likewise
• tathā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; सहसंबन्धि-अव्यय (correlative adverb)

• rūpam: form, beauty
• rūpam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Conjunctive/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• kāntiḥ: splendor, radiance
• kāntiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kānti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Conjunctive/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• śarīre: in the body
• śarīre: Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śarīra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• prativardhate: increases correspondingly
• prativardhate: Kriyā (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: prati-√vṛdh (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदी

Speaker

Sūta (deduced from adhyāya context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvijāḥ (explicitly addressed: ‘O twice-born ones’)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The maiden’s body subtly transforms: a luminous aura intensifies, skin gleams, eyes shine; the forested peak seems to brighten around her, suggesting tapas-tejas affecting the environment.

Characters & Entities

• Dvipra (twice-born sages/brāhmaṇas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tapas refines the person; spiritual discipline is portrayed as producing inner and outer luminosity (kānti).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse describes the effect of tapas within the ongoing tīrtha-narrative; it does not name a particular tīrtha by itself.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is listed; the emphasis is on sustained tapas/vow-observance as a dharmic practice.