Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 147

Devanagari script

तस्यान्वये तु ये पुत्रा भविष्यंति महात्मनः । ते सर्वेऽत्र भविष्यंति तद्रूपा वेदपारगाः

Transliteration

tasyānvaye tu ye putrā bhaviṣyaṃti mahātmanaḥ | te sarve'tra bhaviṣyaṃti tadrūpā vedapāragāḥ

Translation

ആ മഹാത്മാവിന്റെ വംശത്തിൽ ജനിക്കുന്ന പുത്രന്മാർ എല്ലാവരും ഇവിടെ തന്നെ വസിക്കും; അവർ അവന്റെ സ്വഭാവസദൃശരായി, സിദ്ധരും വേദപാരംഗതരുമാകും.

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अन्वये: in the lineage
• अन्वये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्वय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन

• तु: but, indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषार्थक-अव्यय (but/indeed)

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

• पुत्राः: sons
• पुत्राः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन

• भविष्यन्ति: will be
• भविष्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्/Future), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• महात्मनः: of the great-souled (man)
• महात्मनः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि-प्रातिपदिक (महान् आत्मा यस्य सः)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (Adjectival/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; विशेषण (ते इति)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb: here)

• भविष्यन्ति: will be
• भविष्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्/Future), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• तद्रूपाः: of that form, like him
• तद्रूपाः: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (तस्य रूपं येषां ते)

• वेदपारगाः: versed in the Vedas
• वेदपारगाः: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वेद + पारग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (वेदस्य पारगः)

Speaker

Unspecified (deduced: a Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya, addressing a ‘saddvija’/assembly)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bālamaṇḍanaka-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: the addressed brāhmaṇa; also ‘viprendrāḥ’ assembled

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A visionary tableau of a lineage: successive sons depicted as calm, learned brāhmaṇas reciting Veda near the tīrtha and liṅga-shrine, suggesting continuity across time.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Association with a great, dharmic lineage and a sacred place is praised as yielding Vedic wisdom and elevated character.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The context is the Bālamaṇḍanaka tīrtha (introduced explicitly in the following verses of this adhyāya).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed in this verse; it speaks of the fruit—Vedic mastery and noble progeny connected to the tīrtha.