Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 123

Devanagari script

न तेषां वंशनाशोऽस्ति जयादित्यप्रसादतः । तेषां कुले न रोगः स्यान्न दारिद्र्यं न लाञ्छनम्

Transliteration

na teṣāṃ vaṃśanāśo'sti jayādityaprasādataḥ | teṣāṃ kule na rogaḥ syānna dāridryaṃ na lāñchanam

Translation

జయాదిత్యుని ప్రసాదముచేత వారికి వంశనాశము లేదు. వారి కులమున రోగము లేదు, దారిద్ర్యము లేదు, అపకీర్తియు లేదు.

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• teṣām: of them
• teṣām: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural), सर्वनाम

• vaṃśa-nāśaḥ: destruction of lineage
• vaṃśa-nāśaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vaṃśa (प्रातिपदिक) + nāśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (vaṃśasya nāśaḥ)

• asti: exists/is
• asti: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (अस् धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• jayāditya-prasādataḥ: due to the grace of Jayāditya
• jayāditya-prasādataḥ: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: jayāditya (प्रातिपदिक) + prasāda (प्रातिपदिक) + tas (तस्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: हेतौ/कारणे तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb: 'because of/from'); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (jayādityasya prasādaḥ)

• teṣām: of them
• teṣām: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural), सर्वनाम

• kule: in the family
• kule: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kula (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• rogaḥ: disease
• rogaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: roga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• syāt: would be/should be
• syāt: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (अस् धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• dāridryam: poverty
• dāridryam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dāridrya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• lāñchanam: stigma/disgrace
• lāñchanam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: lāñchana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Guptakṣetra (Jayāditya-prasāda)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇas (viprāḥ/dvijāḥ)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene sacred precinct (gupta-kṣetra) with a radiant solar deity aspect (Jayāditya) bestowing boons upon a family—symbols of health, grain, and honor; devotees with folded hands near a shrine and sacred boundary markers.

Characters & Entities

• Jayāditya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Grace obtained through the sacred tradition of the kṣetra is said to protect family continuity and well-being.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The benefit statement belongs to the Guptakṣetra/Koṭitīrtha/Mahīnagaraka context of this adhyāya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is stated here; it is a phalaśruti (statement of results).