Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 56

Devanagari script

सद्यः पुत्रमवाप्नोति वंशवृद्धिकरं परम् तत्प्रसादान्न संदेहः कार्तिकेय वचो यथा

Transliteration

sadyaḥ putramavāpnoti vaṃśavṛddhikaraṃ param tatprasādānna saṃdehaḥ kārtikeya vaco yathā

Translation

അവൾ ഉടൻ തന്നെ പുത്രനെ പ്രാപിക്കും; അവൻ വംശവർദ്ധനയ്ക്കുള്ള പരമ കാരണമാകുന്നു. അവന്റെ പ്രസാദത്താൽ ഇതിൽ സംശയമില്ല—ഇത് കാർത്തികേയന്റെ വചനം।

Word by Word

• sadyaḥ: immediately
• sadyaḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadyaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, कालवाचक (immediately)

• putram: a son
• putram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• avāpnoti: obtains
• avāpnoti: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ava-√āp (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• vaṃśa: lineage
• vaṃśa: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vaṃśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासपूर्वपद-नामपद, पुंलिङ्ग

• vṛddhi: increase
• vṛddhi: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासपूर्वपद-नामपद, स्त्रीलिङ्ग

• karam: causing growth
• karam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः: vaṃśa-vṛddhi-kara (तत्पुरुषः), ‘putram’ इति विशेषण

• param: excellent/supreme
• param: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘putram’ इति विशेषण

• tat: his/that
• tat: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासपूर्वपद-विशेषण, अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः

• prasādāt: from (his/that) grace
• prasādāt: Apādāna (Cause/Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prasāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; समासः: tat-prasāda (तत्पुरुषः)

• na: no/not
• na: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• saṃdehaḥ: doubt
• saṃdehaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃdeha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• kārtikeya: O Kārtikeya
• kārtikeya: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kārtikeya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• vacaḥ: word/statement
• vacaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vacas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• yathā: as
• yathā: Sambandha (Comparative particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, उपमान/प्रकारवाचक (as/just as)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; invoking Kārtikeya as authority within Skanda Purāṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Aṭeśvara (within Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇa interlocutor(s) / tīrtha-yātrins in the narrative frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After worship, the devotee receives a divine assurance: Aṭeśvara’s shrine radiates; Skanda’s presence is implied as a narrator-seal; the theme is ‘instant boon’ and ‘lineage growth’.

Characters & Entities

• Aṭeśvara (implied)
• Kārtikeya (Skanda)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace linked to a sacred site is affirmed by scriptural authority (Kārtikeya), emphasizing trust in tīrtha and devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Aṭeśvara and the associated suta-prada tīrtha within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied continuation: snāna at the kuṇḍa and darśana/pūjā of Aṭeśvara for progeny-fruit.