Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 83

Devanagari script

अस्य भूपस्य सद्भक्त्या यच्छतः पुरमुत्तमम् । अहं वः पालयिष्यामि सर्वे मद्वंशजाश्च ते

Transliteration

asya bhūpasya sadbhaktyā yacchataḥ puramuttamam | ahaṃ vaḥ pālayiṣyāmi sarve madvaṃśajāśca te

Translation

“हा राजा सद्भक्तीने तुम्हाला उत्तम नगर देत आहे; मी तुमचे सर्वांचे रक्षण करीन, आणि तुम्ही सर्व माझ्या वंशज ठराल।”

Word by Word

• asya: of this
• asya: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• bhūpasya: of the king
• bhūpasya: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• sadbhaktyā: with sincere devotion
• sadbhaktyā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sat + bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सद्भक्तिः = सत्-भक्तिः 'true devotion'); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• yacchataḥ: of (him) who is giving
• yacchataḥ: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yam (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्यय (present active participle): 'giving'; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; पुंलिङ्ग (agreeing with bhūpasya)

• puram: city
• puram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• uttamam: excellent, best
• uttamam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying puram)

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• vaḥ: to you (all)
• vaḥ: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी (Genitive/Dative), बहुवचन; अत्र चतुर्थी-अर्थे (to you)

• pālayiṣyāmi: I will protect
• pālayiṣyāmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pāl (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• sarve: all (of you)
• sarve: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• madvaṃśajāḥ: born in my lineage, my descendants
• madvaṃśajāḥ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mad + vaṃśa + ja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (मद्वंशजाः = मम वंशात् जाताः); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• te: they/you (those)
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya dialogue)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A protective deity/guardian figure (or personified power) proclaims protection over brāhmaṇas receiving a city; the king stands as devotee-donor, the recipients blessed.

Characters & Entities

• bhūpa (king)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional giving (dāna) by a ruler invites divine/heroic protection and establishes enduring welfare for recipients.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader passage belongs to the Tīrthamāhātmya of Nāgarakhaṇḍa, leading toward the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is prescribed here; the emphasis is on dāna (granting a city/settlement) performed with sincere devotion.