Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

न तेषां वंशनाशोऽस्ति जयादित्यप्रसादतः । इदं ते कथितं पार्थ महीनगरकस्य च

Transliteration

na teṣāṃ vaṃśanāśo'sti jayādityaprasādataḥ | idaṃ te kathitaṃ pārtha mahīnagarakasya ca

Translation

ജയാദിത്യന്റെ പ്രസാദത്താൽ അവരുടെ വംശനാശം ഉണ്ടാകുകയില്ല. ഹേ പാർഥ, മഹീനഗരകത്തെക്കുറിച്ചും ഇതു നിന്നോട് പറഞ്ഞു.

Word by Word

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

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• वंशनाशः: destruction of lineage
• वंशनाशः: Karta-predicative (Subject complement/कर्तृ-विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वंश (प्रातिपदिक) + नाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (वंशस्य नाशः)

• अस्ति: is/exists
• अस्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• जयादित्यप्रसादतः: due to Jayāditya’s grace
• जयादित्यप्रसादतः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जयादित्य (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (जयादित्यस्य प्रसादः) + तः (ablative ending)

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• कथितम्: told/related
• कथितम्: Kriya (Predicative/कथन-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे 'told'

• पार्थ: O Pārtha
• पार्थ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• महीनगरकस्य: of Mahīnagaraka
• महीनगरकस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महीनगरक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Nārada

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mahīnagaraka (Jayāditya prasāda)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārtha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A teacher-narrator addresses Pārtha, gesturing toward a temple-town; behind them, families offer worship to Jayāditya, suggesting protection over generations.

Characters & Entities

• Jayāditya
• Pārtha (Arjuna)
• Mahīnagaraka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace tied to a sacred site is depicted as safeguarding both spiritual welfare and worldly continuity (family lineage).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Mahīnagaraka, with special emphasis on Jayāditya’s favor within that sacred complex.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new prescription here; it states the fruit (lineage protection) resulting from Jayāditya’s grace.