Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 111
Devanagari script
वंशक्षयेऽपि संजाते ह्यस्माकं पतनं भवेत्
Transliteration
vaṃśakṣaye'pi saṃjāte hyasmākaṃ patanaṃ bhavet
Translation
Даже если род прервётся, наше падение всё равно наступит.
Word by Word
वंशक्षयेin the destruction of the lineage
वंशक्षये:
Adhikarana (Locative)
TypeNoun
Rootवंश (प्रातिपदिक) + क्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः; पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्
अपिeven, also
अपि:
Sambandha (Particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formअव्ययम्; अपि-कारः (even/also)
संजातेhaving occurred, when (it) has happened
संजाते:
Adhikarana (Locative absolute)
TypeAdjective
Rootसम्+जन् (धातु) → संजात (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formभूतकृदन्तः (क्त), पुंलिङ्गे/नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; ‘वंशक्षये’ इत्यस्मिन् सति (locative absolute)
हिindeed
हि:
Sambandha (Particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (अव्यय)
Formनिपातः; अवधारणार्थकः
अस्माकम्of us
अस्माकम्:
Sambandha (Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्
पतनम्fall, ruin
पतनम्:
Karta (Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootपतन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्
भवेत्would be, might occur
भवेत्:
Kriya (Predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ्-लकारः (potential/optative), प्रथम-पुरुषः, एकवचनम्, परस्मैपदम्
Speaker
Pitṛs (continuing address to Brahmā)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: चिन्तित पितृगण वंशक्षय के भय से व्याकुल होकर ब्रह्मा के समक्ष निवेदन करते हैं; वातावरण में शोक और आश्रय-याचना।
Characters & Entities
P
PitṛsFAQs
Continuity of dharma through lineage sustains the Pitṛs; when lineage ends, ancestral support collapses, stressing responsibility to maintain rites.
No specific tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.
No direct prescription is stated; the verse underscores the necessity of ongoing śrāddha support through descendants.
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