Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

एवं प्रकुर्वतस्तुभ्यं पुत्रो वृद्धिं प्रयास्यति । तथा राष्ट्रं च कोशश्च यच्चान्यदपि किंचन

Transliteration

evaṃ prakurvatastubhyaṃ putro vṛddhiṃ prayāsyati | tathā rāṣṭraṃ ca kośaśca yaccānyadapi kiṃcana

Translation

ഇങ്ങനെ നീ പ്രവർത്തിച്ചാൽ നിന്റെ പുത്രൻ തീർച്ചയായും വളർച്ച പ്രാപിക്കും; അതുപോലെ നിന്റെ രാജ്യം, നിധിശാല, നിന്റെ ക്ഷേമവുമായി ബന്ധപ്പെട്ട മറ്റെല്ലാം സമൃദ്ധിയിലാകും.

Word by Word

• evam: thus
• evam: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (प्रकारवाचक) = adverb ‘thus’

• prakurvataḥ: of (you) doing/performing
• prakurvataḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra+kṛ (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमान कृदन्त (present active participle); पुंलिङ्गे षष्ठी एकवचनम् (Genitive singular)

• tubhyam: for you
• tubhyam: Sampradana (Beneficiary/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी एकवचनम् (Dative singular)

• putraḥ: son
• putraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम् (Nominative singular)

• vṛddhim: increase, prosperity
• vṛddhim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचनम् (Accusative singular)

• prayāsyati: will attain, will go to
• prayāsyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra+yā (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्/Future), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (प्रकार/समुच्चयार्थ) = likewise

• rāṣṭram: kingdom
• rāṣṭram: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāṣṭra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम् (Nominative singular)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय)

• kośaḥ: treasury
• kośaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kośa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम् (Nominative singular)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय)

• yat: whatever (that which)
• yat: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम् (Nominative singular); सम्बन्धक/यत्-शब्दः

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय)

• anyat: other
• anyat: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम् (Nominative singular); ‘यत्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• api: also, even
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (अपि=also/even)

• kiṃcana: anything whatsoever
• kiṃcana: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kiṃcana (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम् (Nominative singular); अनिश्चित-सर्वनाम

Speaker

Narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa (contextual purāṇic narrator continuing the counsel)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Camatkārapura (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A symbolic tableau: the king performs the prescribed observances; behind him appear signs of flourishing—healthy prince, abundant granaries, orderly city, full treasury.

Characters & Entities

• King
• Son (putra)
• Kingdom (rāṣṭra)
• Treasury (kośa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma practiced steadily—especially Śaiva worship joined with right giving—bears fruit as familial, social, and material well-being.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The immediate verse states the fruits of observance within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya framework, without specifying a named tīrtha in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It refers back to the prescribed monthly worship and offerings; the focus here is on the promised results—growth of the son, kingdom, and treasury.