Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

भविष्यति सुतश्चान्यो मानुषीयोनिसंभवः । राजसूयाश्वमेधाभ्यां यश्चैनं तारयिष्यति

Transliteration

bhaviṣyati sutaścānyo mānuṣīyonisaṃbhavaḥ | rājasūyāśvamedhābhyāṃ yaścainaṃ tārayiṣyati

Translation

മറ്റൊരു പുത്രൻ മനുഷ്യയോനിയിൽ നിന്നു ജനിക്കും; രാജസൂയവും അശ്വമേധവും എന്ന യാഗപുണ്യത്താൽ അവനെ തരിപ്പിക്കും.

Word by Word

• भविष्यति: will be
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सुतः: a son
• सुतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय

• अन्यः: another
• अन्यः: Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (सुतः)

• मानुषीयोनिसंभवः: born from a human womb/origin
• मानुषीयोनिसंभवः: Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मानुषी-योनि-सम्भव (प्रातिपदिक); मानुषी (adj) + योनि (noun) + सम्भव (noun/adj)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (सुतः)

• राजसूयाश्वमेधाभ्याम्: by (the rites of) Rājasūya and Aśvamedha
• राजसूयाश्वमेधाभ्याम्: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजसूय-अश्वमेध (प्रातिपदिक-द्वन्द्व); राजसूय (noun) + अश्वमेध (noun)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), द्विवचन; साधन/उपायार्थ (by means of)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय

• एनम्: him
• एनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• तारयिष्यति: will deliver/save
• तारयिष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तॄ (धातु) [णिच् causative: तारय-]
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिजन्त (causative)

Speaker

Brāhmaṇa (father)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Prājña / putraka

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A narrative vision of two sons: one of divine origin, another human-born, with the human son associated with grand royal sacrifices whose merit becomes salvific.

Characters & Entities

• Rājasūya
• Aśvamedha
• Putra (son)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Merit gained through great dharmic rites can be dedicated for the upliftment (tāraṇa) of others, especially one’s lineage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it emphasizes yajña-based merit within the chapter’s sacred narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse references major Vedic royal sacrifices—Rājasūya and Aśvamedha—as sources of liberating merit.