Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

पितुरुत्संगमाश्रित्य कूर्चाकर्षणपूर्वकम् । कः करिष्यति पुत्राऽद्य सतोषं भवता विना

Transliteration

piturutsaṃgamāśritya kūrcākarṣaṇapūrvakam | kaḥ kariṣyati putrā'dya satoṣaṃ bhavatā vinā

Translation

पित्याच्या मांडीचा आधार घेऊन आधी त्यांची शेंडी ओढून—अरे पुत्रा, आज तुझ्याविना असे कोण करील आणि मला समाधान देईल?

Word by Word

• पितुः: of (his) father
• पितुः: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध/6th), एकवचन; Genitive singular (of the father)

• उत्सङ्गम्: lap/bosom
• उत्सङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्सङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म/2nd), एकवचन; Accusative singular (lap/bosom)

• आश्रित्य: having resorted to
• आश्रित्य: Kriya (Non-finite verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + श्रि (धातु) + ल्यप्
• Form: ल्यपन्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund); having resorted to/taken refuge in

• कूर्चाकर्षणपूर्वकम्: preceded by pulling the tuft/brush
• कूर्चाकर्षणपूर्वकम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कूर्च + आकर्षण + पूर्वक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोग; तृतीया-एकवचन-आकारान्त नपुंसक रूपेण क्रियाविशेषण (in the manner preceded by pulling the tuft/brush); समासः (कूर्चस्य आकर्षणम्) + पूर्वकम्

• कः: who
• कः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता/1st), एकवचन; who?

• करिष्यति: will do
• करिष्यति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; Parasmaipada; will do/make

• पुत्र: O son
• पुत्र: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; O son

• अद्य: today/now
• अद्य: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• सतोषम्: with satisfaction
• सतोषम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स + तोष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; क्रियाविशेषण (with satisfaction/pleasantly)

• भवता: by you
• भवता: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम/आदरार्थ, तृतीया (करण/3rd), एकवचन; Instrumental singular (by you)

• विना: without
• विना: Apadana (Separation/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विना (अव्यय)
• Form: वियोगार्थक अव्यय (without); governs तृतीया

Speaker

Nāgī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ananta-saṃnidhi (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A father seated; the child clings to his lap and mischievously tugs the father’s hair-tuft (śikhā), producing contentment—now remembered as impossible in the child’s absence.

Characters & Entities

• Nāgī
• Father (pituḥ)
• Putra (child)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Domestic tenderness is shown as precious yet impermanent, a Purāṇic prompt to seek lasting shelter in the divine.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not named here; it remains part of the tīrtha-māhātmya narrative arc.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.