Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 61

Devanagari script

यथाऽयं बालको देव त्वत्प्रसादात्पितामह । दीर्घायुर्जायते लोके तथा त्वं कर्तुमर्हसि

Transliteration

yathā'yaṃ bālako deva tvatprasādātpitāmaha | dīrghāyurjāyate loke tathā tvaṃ kartumarhasi

Translation

О Владыка — о Питамаха, Прадед (Брахма), — по твоей милости, как этот ребёнок может стать долголетним в мире, так и ты можешь это совершить; сотвори же так.

Word by Word

• यथा: just as
• यथा: Sambandha (Correlative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमान/प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (as/just as)

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• बालकः: boy / child
• बालकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बालक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• देव: O god / O lord
• देव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• त्वत्प्रसादात्: from your grace
• त्वत्प्रसादात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वत्-प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक); त्वत् (युष्मद्-षष्ठी) + प्रसाद
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: 'from your grace'

• पितामह: O Grandfather (Brahmā)
• पितामह: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितामह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (addressing Brahmā/Grandfather)

• दीर्घायुः: long-lived
• दीर्घायुः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दीर्घ-आयुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (of बालकः)

• जायते: is born / becomes
• जायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; 'is born/becomes'

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तथा: so / likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Correlative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: तदनुरूप/एवम्-अर्थक अव्यय (so/in that manner)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कर्तुम्: to do
• कर्तुम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (infinitive), अव्ययभाव; 'to do/make'

• अर्हसि: ought / are able / should
• अर्हसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अर्ह् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Unspecified petitioner (addressing Brahmā as Pitāmaha) within the narrative

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sages present a child before Brahmā, hands folded, pleading that by his grace the child become long-lived; Brahmā listens with composed compassion.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā (Pitāmaha)
• bālaka (child)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Longevity and well-being are portrayed as fruits of divine grace sought through reverent prayer and righteous intention.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The immediate tīrtha is the Nāgarakhaṇḍa setting of Adhyāya 21; the verse itself is a prayer within that sacred-geography narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A devotional petition (stuti/prārthanā) is implied; no explicit vrata, dāna, or snāna rule is stated in this verse.