Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

तथाप्येवं तव सुतो भविष्यति न संशयः । अथवा मम सर्वेभ्यः प्राणेभ्योऽपि गरीयसी

Transliteration

tathāpyevaṃ tava suto bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ | athavā mama sarvebhyaḥ prāṇebhyo'pi garīyasī

Translation

ତଥାପି ଏହିପରି ହେବ—ତୁମର ପୁତ୍ର ନିଶ୍ଚୟ ଜନ୍ମିବ; ଏଥିରେ ସନ୍ଦେହ ନାହିଁ। ଆସଲେ ତୁମେ ମୋ ପାଇଁ ମୋ ସମସ୍ତ ପ୍ରାଣଶ୍ୱାସଠାରୁ ମଧ୍ୟ ଅଧିକ ପ୍ରିୟ।

Word by Word

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

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (concessive)

• एवम्: in this way
• एवम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• तव: your
• तव: Shashthi-Sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• सुतः: son
• सुतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• भविष्यति: will be
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• न: no, not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• अथवा: or else
• अथवा: Sambandha (Alternative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथवा (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/विकल्प-निपात (disjunctive particle)

• मम: of me, my
• मम: Shashthi-Sambandha (Of/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• सर्वेभ्यः: than all
• सर्वेभ्यः: Apadana (Comparison-source/अपादान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), बहुवचन

• प्राणेभ्यः: than (my) lives
• प्राणेभ्यः: Apadana (Comparison-source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), बहुवचन

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (also/even)

• गरीयसी: more weighty/dearer
• गरीयसी: Vidheya (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गरियस् (प्रातिपदिक; तुलनात्मक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तुलनात्मक-विशेषण (comparative)

Speaker

Śiva (Maheśvara/Śaṅkara)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A tender exchange: Maheśvara reassures the Goddess of a future son; the composition emphasizes closeness, calm faces, and the solemn certainty of divine speech.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Pārvatī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine assurance and steadfast grace: sincere devotion is met with certainty, not doubt.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The wider chapter context belongs to Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya within Nāgara-khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly in this verse; it is a consoling assurance within the Cāturmāsya-focused narrative.