Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 57

Devanagari script

तथान्यदपि सन्मानं तव यच्छामि च द्विज । आचन्द्रार्कमसंदिग्धं पुत्रपौत्रादिकं च यत्

Transliteration

tathānyadapi sanmānaṃ tava yacchāmi ca dvija | ācandrārkamasaṃdigdhaṃ putrapautrādikaṃ ca yat

Translation

Dan wahai Brahmana, Aku kurniakan kepadamu lagi penghormatan tambahan—tanpa ragu dan tidak akan pudar selagi bulan dan matahari masih ada—beserta berkat keturunan yang terjamin, bermula dengan anak lelaki dan cucu.

Word by Word

• तथा: thus, so
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial modifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (indeclinable adverb: ‘thus/so’)

• अन्यत्: another, other
• अन्यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन; विशेषण (neuter sg. ‘other’)

• अपि: also, even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि-भाव (particle: also/even)

• सन्मानम्: honour, respect
• सन्मानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sanmāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (प्रयोगे नपुंसकवत्); द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; कर्मपद (acc. sg. ‘honour/respect’)

• तव: your, of you
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (gen. sg. ‘of you/your’)

• यच्छामि: I give, I bestow
• यच्छामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yam (यम् धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present); उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; ‘I give/bestow’

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

• द्विज: O twice-born (brahmin)
• द्विज: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (8th case), एकवचन; संबोधनपद (voc. sg.)

• आचन्द्रार्कम्: till moon and sun (forever)
• आचन्द्रार्कम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ā + candra + arka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; कालावधिवाचक विशेषण (up to moon-and-sun; i.e., forever)

• असंदिग्धम्: certain, unquestionable
• असंदिग्धम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-saṃdigdha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; नञ्-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण (neut. acc. sg. ‘undoubted/certain’)

• पुत्रपौत्रादिकम्: sons, grandsons and the like (progeny)
• पुत्रपौत्रादिकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra + pautra + ādika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समाहार-द्वन्द्व (collective dvandva); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; ‘sons, grandsons, etc.’ as a collective

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

• यत्: which, that
• यत्: Sambandha (Relative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक सर्वनाम (relative pronoun: ‘which/that’)

Speaker

Maheśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A boon-giver (deity/ṛṣi/guardian of the tīrtha) formally honoring a brāhmaṇa pilgrim, bestowing a ‘candrārka-sthāyī’ blessing of fame and descendants; ritual setting with water-vessel and sacred thread visible.

Characters & Entities

• Maheśvara
• Dwijas (Brāhmaṇas)
• Moon (Candra)
• Sun (Arka)
• Descendants (sons, grandsons)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Service aligned with dharma in a sacred context is said to yield both spiritual esteem and stable worldly blessings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues the boon narrative within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya; it does not name a tīrtha directly.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is specified; it describes promised results (phala) such as honor and progeny.