Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 64

Devanagari script

तस्याहं क्रमशो जातः सप्तसप्ततिमो विभो । पुरुषस्तव वंशस्य समुद्भूतो महापतिः

Transliteration

tasyāhaṃ kramaśo jātaḥ saptasaptatimo vibho | puruṣastava vaṃśasya samudbhūto mahāpatiḥ

Translation

അവനിൽ നിന്നു ക്രമമായി എന്റെ ജനനം സംഭവിച്ചു—ഹേ വിഭോ! ഞാൻ എഴുപത്തേഴാമൻ; നിന്റെ വംശത്തിൽ ഉദ്ഭവിച്ച് മനുഷ്യരിൽ മഹാധിപതിയായി ഉയർന്നു.

Word by Word

• tasya: of him/of that
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• kramaśaḥ: in due order, successively
• kramaśaḥ: Prakara (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kramaśaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रमवाचक (adverb: in order/successively)

• jātaḥ: was born
• jātaḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √jan (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘born’

• saptasaptatimaḥ: seventy-seventh
• saptasaptatimaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sapta + saptati + -tama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः (sapta-saptati = 77) + तमप् (ordinal)

• vibho: O mighty one
• vibho: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vibhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• puruṣaḥ: man/person
• puruṣaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puruṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• tava: your
• tava: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• vaṃśasya: of the lineage
• vaṃśasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vaṃśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• samudbhūtaḥ: arisen, sprung from
• samudbhūtaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-ud-√bhū (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP used adjectivally), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• mahāpatiḥ: great lord
• mahāpatiḥ: Apposition (Renaming/विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā + pati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (mahān patiḥ)

Speaker

Narrator/character speaking within the dialogue (exact identity not explicit in the snippet)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājendra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bṛhadbala declares himself the seventy-seventh in succession from Suhaya, a great lord born in the listener’s lineage.

Characters & Entities

• dynasty (vaṃśa)
• mahāpati

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇas connect personal identity to dharmic lineage, framing pilgrimage and devotion within inherited responsibility.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The chapter’s sacred frame is Gartā-tīrtha, though this verse highlights dynastic succession rather than the site itself.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it provides narrative grounding for subsequent instructions on tapas and worship.