Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

ततश्चैवाथ वीक्षध्वं पुत्रपौत्रसमुद्भवम् । सौख्यं चापि कुमारीणां बांधवानां विशेषतः

Transliteration

tataścaivātha vīkṣadhvaṃ putrapautrasamudbhavam | saukhyaṃ cāpi kumārīṇāṃ bāṃdhavānāṃ viśeṣataḥ

Translation

ତତଃ ପରେ ତୁମେ ନିଶ୍ଚୟ ଭାବେ ପୁତ୍ର‑ପୌତ୍ରମାନଙ୍କର ବୃଦ୍ଧି ଦେଖିବ; କନ୍ୟାମାନଙ୍କ ସୁଖ ଓ ବିଶେଷତଃ ନିଜ ବାନ୍ଧବମାନଙ୍କ ମଙ୍ଗଳ ମଧ୍ୟ ଦେଖିବ।

Word by Word

• tataḥ: thereafter
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = indeclinable adverb; अर्थे: तस्मात्/ततः (thereafter/from that)

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

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निश्चय/अवधारण) = emphatic particle

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अनन्तर/आरम्भ) = indeclinable; ‘then/now’

• vīkṣadhvam: look/observe
• vīkṣadhvam: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vīkṣ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थक/imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• putra-pautra-samudbhavam: arising from sons and grandsons
• putra-pautra-samudbhavam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक) + pautra (प्रातिपदिक) + samudbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifier)

• saukhyam: happiness
• saukhyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saukhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

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

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अपि = also/even)

• kumārīṇām: of the maidens/daughters
• kumārīṇām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kumārī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• bāṃdhavānām: of the relatives
• bāṃdhavānām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bāṃdhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• viśeṣataḥ: especially
• viśeṣataḥ: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: viśeṣatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = especially/particularly

Speaker

The wives (bhāryāḥ)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group receives a boon-like assurance: visions of sons and grandsons, daughters in auspicious joy, and kinsmen gathered in harmony—set against a Gujarati sacred landscape with a tīrtha in the background.

Characters & Entities

• putra (son)
• pautra (grandson)
• kumārī (daughter)
• bāndhava (kinsman)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharmic household stability is portrayed as yielding social and familial flourishing across generations.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No holy site is explicitly mentioned in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it describes expected fruits (family well-being) rather than a specific rite.