Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

मत्प्रसादादयं बालोजरामृत्युवि वर्जितः । भविष्यति न संदेहो वेदविद्याविचक्षणः

Transliteration

matprasādādayaṃ bālojarāmṛtyuvi varjitaḥ | bhaviṣyati na saṃdeho vedavidyāvicakṣaṇaḥ

Translation

‘ମୋ ପ୍ରସାଦରେ ଏହି ବାଳକ ଜରା ଓ ମୃତ୍ୟୁରୁ ମୁକ୍ତ ହେବ—ଏଥିରେ ସନ୍ଦେହ ନାହିଁ—ଏବଂ ବେଦବିଦ୍ୟାରେ ବିବେକୀ ଓ ନିପୁଣ ହେବ।’

Word by Word

• mat-prasādāt: from my grace
• mat-prasādāt: Apadana (Source/Cause/अपादान-हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + prasāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (mama prasādaḥ); पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन — 'from my grace'

• ayam: this
• ayam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• bālaḥ: boy
• bālaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• jarā-mṛtyu-vivarjitaḥ: free from old age and death
• jarā-mṛtyu-vivarjitaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jarā (प्रातिपदिक) + mṛtyu (प्रातिपदिक) + vi-√vṛj/√vṛj? (धात्वर्थे 'to exclude') → vivarjita (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: समासः (द्वन्द्वपूर्वपद jarā+mṛtyu, तत्पुरुषेण vivarjitaḥ); भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP) 'excluded from'; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — 'free from old age and death'

• bhaviṣyati: will be
• bhaviṣyati: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (simple future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — 'will be'

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निषेध-निपात) — negation

• saṃdehaḥ: doubt
• saṃdehaḥ: Karta (Existential subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃdeha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• veda-vidyā-vicakṣaṇaḥ: skilled in Vedic knowledge and learning
• veda-vidyā-vicakṣaṇaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: veda (प्रातिपदिक) + vidyā (प्रातिपदिक) + vicakṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (veda+vidyā इति द्वन्द्व/समाहारपूर्वपद, तत्पुरुषेण vicakṣaṇaḥ 'skilled in'); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — 'skilled in Veda and learning'

Speaker

Brahmā (Padmasaṃbhava)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā, holding the boy, pronounces a decisive boon: the child will be free from aging and death and become skilled in Vedic learning; sages listen in awe.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• the boy
• Veda

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace can uplift a devotee beyond ordinary limitation, bestowing longevity and higher knowledge for dharmic life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse centers on Brahmā’s boon; the tīrtha setting remains implicit within the Nāgara Khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is prescribed; it is a declaration of boon (prasāda) granting freedom from aging and death and aptitude in Vedic learning.