Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

अथ तस्या ययौ कालः सुप्रभूतः सुतं विना । ततो वैराग्यसंपन्ना सुतार्थं तपसि स्थिता

Transliteration

atha tasyā yayau kālaḥ suprabhūtaḥ sutaṃ vinā | tato vairāgyasaṃpannā sutārthaṃ tapasi sthitā

Translation

പുത്രനില്ലാതെ അവൾക്കു പല ദിവസങ്ങളും കടന്നുപോയി. പിന്നെ വൈരാഗ്യസമ്പന്നയായി, പുത്രലാഭത്തിനായി അവൾ തപസ്സിൽ നിലകൊണ്ടു.

Word by Word

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रमसूचक/सम्बन्धबोधक (then/now)

• तस्याः: of her
• तस्याः: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive); एकवचन

• ययौ: passed/went
• ययौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd); एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• कालः: time
• कालः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

• सुप्रभूतः: very much/abundantly (i.e., long)
• सुप्रभूतः: Visheshana (Adjectival to subject/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु- + प्रभूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘कालः’)

• सुतम्: a son
• सुतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन

• विना: without
• विना: Sambandha (Adverbial relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विना (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपसर्गार्थक-निषेध/वियोग (without)

• ततः: thereupon
• ततः: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय/तद्-तसिल्)
• Form: अव्यय; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (from that/thereupon)

• वैराग्यसंपन्ना: endowed with dispassion
• वैराग्यसंपन्ना: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वैराग्य + संपन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; विशेषण (she, endowed with dispassion)

• सुतार्थम्: for the sake of a son
• सुतार्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थक (for the sake of a son)

• तपसि: in austerity/penance
• तपसि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative); एकवचन

• स्थिता: remained/was established
• स्थिता: Kriya (Predicative participle/क्रियाविशेष)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/भूतकालिक; स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; (standing/remaining)

Speaker

Sūta

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A solitary woman in ascetic posture, time passing in seasons, her face calm yet sorrow-tinged, resolving to undertake tapas for a son.

Characters & Entities

• Ramā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Persistent tapas, supported by inner detachment, is portrayed as a dharmic means to seek divine grace and life’s rightful aims.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not named in this verse; it supports the broader tīrtha-māhātmya narrative arc.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tapas (austerity) is indicated broadly, without a specific rite detailed here.