Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

अथ तं स मुनिः प्राह तिष्ठ पुत्रात्ममंदिरे । संस्काराञ्जातकाद्यांश्च येन ते प्रकरोम्यहम्

Transliteration

atha taṃ sa muniḥ prāha tiṣṭha putrātmamaṃdire | saṃskārāñjātakādyāṃśca yena te prakaromyaham

Translation

ତେବେ ମୁନି ତାକୁ କହିଲେ—“ପୁତ୍ର, ମୋ ଆଶ୍ରମ-ଗୃହରେ ରୁହ; ଯେପରି ମୁଁ ତୋ ପାଇଁ ଜାତକାଦି ସଂସ୍କାରରୁ ଆରମ୍ଭ କରି ସମସ୍ତ ସଂସ୍କାର କରିପାରିବି।”

Word by Word

• atha: then
• atha: Discourse marker (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (discourse particle): ‘then/now’

• tam: him
• tam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• muniḥ: the sage
• muniḥ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• prāha: said
• prāha: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ah (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• tiṣṭha: stay, stand
• tiṣṭha: Kriya (Command/आज्ञा)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sthā (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• putra-ātma-mandire: in the abode of your son-self
• putra-ātma-mandire: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक) + ātman (प्रातिपदिक) + mandira (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध: ‘in the temple/abode of (your) son-self’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• saṃskārān: rites, sacraments
• saṃskārān: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃskāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• jātaka-ādīn: jātaka and others
• jātaka-ādīn: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jātaka (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (अव्ययीभाव-भाव/‘beginning with’: jātaka-ādi); पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; ‘jātaka etc.’

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction): ‘and’

• yena: by which, so that
• yena: Karana/Hetu (Means/Purpose marker)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; साधन/हेतु-अर्थे ‘by which/so that’

• te: for you, to you
• te: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; चतुर्थी (4th) एकवचन (enclitic)

• prakaromi: I perform
• prakaromi: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

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

Speaker

Vyāsa (contextual: the muni addressing his son)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvijās

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vyāsa, the sage-father, gently stops the departing boy and asks him to remain within the hermitage so he may perform the birth-rites and other saṃskāras.

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• Śuka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is upheld through saṃskāras—sacred rites that consecrate life stages and bind one to Vedic-purāṇic order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named in this verse; it occurs within a broader tīrtha-glorifying narrative section.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performance of saṃskāras, explicitly including jātakarma (birth-rite) and related rites.