Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

सेयं तव सुता विप्र बंधुस्थानं समाश्रिता । भविष्यति ततो जामिः कनिष्ठा मेऽन्यजन्मनि

Transliteration

seyaṃ tava sutā vipra baṃdhusthānaṃ samāśritā | bhaviṣyati tato jāmiḥ kaniṣṭhā me'nyajanmani

Translation

ഹേ വിപ്രാ! നിന്റെ ഈ പുത്രി ബന്ധുത്വസ്ഥാനത്തെ ആശ്രയിച്ചിരിക്കുന്നു; അതിനാൽ മറ്റൊരു ജന്മത്തിൽ അവൾ എന്റെ കനിഷ്ഠ സഹോദരി, അടുത്ത രക്തബന്ധിനിയാകും.

Word by Word

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; English: pronoun, nominative singular

• इयम्: this (one)
• इयम्: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; (सा इयम् = ‘this very she’); English: pronoun, nominative singular

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्तिः (सम्बन्ध), एकवचनम्; English: genitive singular

• सुता: daughter
• सुता: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; English: nominative singular

• विप्र: O brāhmaṇa
• विप्र: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, सम्बोधन-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; English: vocative singular

• बंधुस्थानम्: the place/position of a relative
• बंधुस्थानम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बंधु + स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (कर्म), एकवचनम्; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (बंधूनां स्थानम्); English: accusative singular

• समाश्रिता: having taken refuge in; resorted to
• समाश्रिता: Kriya (Predicate/State)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + श्रि (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त-भूतकृदन्तः (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; कर्तरि प्रयोगे ‘having resorted’; English: PPP, fem. nom. sg

• भविष्यति: will become
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकारः, परस्मैपदम्, प्रथम-पुरुषः, एकवचनम्; English: future 3rd sg

• ततः: thereafter; then
• ततः: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: ततः इति अव्ययम् (तस्मात्/ततः = ‘thereafter/therefrom’); English: adverb

• जामिः: sister (esp. husband’s sister/kinswoman)
• जामिः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जामि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; English: nominative singular

• कनिष्ठा: younger
• कनिष्ठा: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कनिष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; जामिः इति पदस्य विशेषणम्; English: fem. nom. sg

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्तिः (सम्बन्ध), एकवचनम्; English: genitive singular

• अन्यजन्मनि: in another birth
• अन्यजन्मनि: Adhikarana (Location/Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य + जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (अधिकरण), एकवचनम्; समासः कर्मधारयः (अन्यं जन्म); English: locative singular

Speaker

Keśava/Divine figure speaking (contextual; verse speaks in first person “me” and addresses “vipra”)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Lord explains to the brāhmaṇa that the daughter has entered a ‘kinship station’ and will be reborn as the Lord’s younger sister—an intimate, protective bond across lifetimes.

Characters & Entities

• vipra (brāhmaṇa)
• sutā (daughter)
• jāmi (sister/kinswoman)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Relationships can carry karmic continuity across births; dharmic choices shape future bonds and roles.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named in this line; it advances the narrative within a māhātmya chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse focuses on karmic destiny and kinship status.