Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

तथातथा गृहस्थस्य कामवृद्धिः प्रजायते । ब्रह्मचारीगृहस्थश्च वानप्रस्थो यतिस्तथा

Transliteration

tathātathā gṛhasthasya kāmavṛddhiḥ prajāyate | brahmacārīgṛhasthaśca vānaprastho yatistathā

Translation

Maka demikianlah, bagi seorang grihastha, hasrat yang benar dan tujuan hidup pun berkembang. Sama ada brahmacārin, grihastha, vānaprastha, ataupun yati (saṃnyāsī)—amalan ini berbuah bagi semua āśrama.

Word by Word

• तथा: thus
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध-क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb)

• तथा: so/likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध-क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb)

• गृहस्थस्य: of the householder
• गृहस्थस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृहस्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• कामवृद्धिः: increase of desire
• कामवृद्धिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम-वृद्धि (प्रातिपदिक; काम + वृद्धि)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• प्रजायते: arises/is produced
• प्रजायते: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• ब्रह्मचारीगृहस्थः: the brahmacārin and the householder (as a class)
• ब्रह्मचारीगृहस्थः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मचारी-गृहस्थ (प्रातिपदिक; ब्रह्मचारी + गृहस्थ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/प्रथमा), एकवचन (समाहार/समुदायवाचक)

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

• वानप्रस्थः: the forest-dweller (vānaprastha)
• वानप्रस्थः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वानप्रस्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• यतिः: the ascetic (yati)
• यतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध-क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb)

Speaker

Deductive: Brahmā in Brahma–Nārada dialogue (continuing Tulasī-māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Tulasī-sevā (āśrama-sāmānya)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A four-panel tableau: a student with a water pot, a householder couple at a courtyard shrine, a forest-dweller in simple garb near a hut, and a renunciant with staff and japa-mālā—each offering reverence to Tulasī, showing one practice across life-stages.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmacārin
• Gṛhastha
• Vānaprastha
• Yati

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional observances like Tulasī-sevā are not limited to one social role; they are fruitful across all four āśramas.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The emphasis is on dharma across life-stages within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya narrative setting, rather than a distinct tīrtha name.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicit continuation of Tulasī-sevā/vrata; this verse clarifies eligibility and scope of benefit for all āśramas.