Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 26
Devanagari script
पितुरुत्संगमाश्रित्य कूर्चाकर्षणपूर्वकम् । कः करिष्यति पुत्राऽद्य सतोषं भवता विना
Transliteration
piturutsaṃgamāśritya kūrcākarṣaṇapūrvakam | kaḥ kariṣyati putrā'dya satoṣaṃ bhavatā vinā
Translation
പിതാവിന്റെ മടിയിൽ ചേർന്നു ആദ്യം അവന്റെ ശിഖ വലിച്ച്—മകനേ, ഇന്ന് നീ ഇല്ലാതെ അങ്ങനെ ആരാണ് ചെയ്ത് എനിക്ക് സന്തോഷം നൽകുക?
Word by Word
पितुःof (his) father
पितुः:
Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध/6th), एकवचन; Genitive singular (of the father)
उत्सङ्गम्lap/bosom
उत्सङ्गम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootउत्सङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म/2nd), एकवचन; Accusative singular (lap/bosom)
आश्रित्यhaving resorted to
आश्रित्य:
Kriya (Non-finite verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootआ + श्रि (धातु) + ल्यप्
Formल्यपन्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund); having resorted to/taken refuge in
कूर्चाकर्षणपूर्वकम्preceded by pulling the tuft/brush
कूर्चाकर्षणपूर्वकम्:
Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकूर्च + आकर्षण + पूर्वक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोग; तृतीया-एकवचन-आकारान्त नपुंसक रूपेण क्रियाविशेषण (in the manner preceded by pulling the tuft/brush); समासः (कूर्चस्य आकर्षणम्) + पूर्वकम्
कःwho
कः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootकिम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता/1st), एकवचन; who?
करिष्यतिwill do
करिष्यति:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formलृट्-लकार (Simple future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; Parasmaipada; will do/make
पुत्रO son
पुत्र:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; O son
अद्यtoday/now
अद्य:
Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअद्य (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)
सतोषम्with satisfaction
सतोषम्:
Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootस + तोष (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्ययीभाव-समास; क्रियाविशेषण (with satisfaction/pleasantly)
भवताby you
भवता:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootभवत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम/आदरार्थ, तृतीया (करण/3rd), एकवचन; Instrumental singular (by you)
विनाwithout
विना:
Apadana (Separation/अपादान)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootविना (अव्यय)
Formवियोगार्थक अव्यय (without); governs तृतीया
Speaker
Nāgī
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Ananta-saṃnidhi (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A father seated; the child clings to his lap and mischievously tugs the father’s hair-tuft (śikhā), producing contentment—now remembered as impossible in the child’s absence.
Characters & Entities
N
NāgīF
Father (pituḥ)P
Putra (child)FAQs
Domestic tenderness is shown as precious yet impermanent, a Purāṇic prompt to seek lasting shelter in the divine.
Not named here; it remains part of the tīrtha-māhātmya narrative arc.
None.