Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

अपुत्रास्ते भविष्यंति सपुत्रा वंशवर्धनाः । एवमुक्त्वाऽथ तां देवा जग्मुः स्वर्गं द्विजोत्तमाः

Transliteration

aputrāste bhaviṣyaṃti saputrā vaṃśavardhanāḥ | evamuktvā'tha tāṃ devā jagmuḥ svargaṃ dvijottamāḥ

Translation

అపుత్రులైన వారు వంశవర్ధకులైన పుత్రులతో యుక్తులగుదురు. ఇలా చెప్పి, హే ద్విజోత్తమా, దేవులు స్వర్గానికి వెళ్లిరి।

Word by Word

• a-putrāḥ: not sonless
• a-putrāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Predicate adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a- (नञ्) + putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; नञ्-तत्पुरुष (not sonless → having sons)

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• bhaviṣyanti: will become
• bhaviṣyanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन

• sa-putrāḥ: having sons
• sa-putrāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Predicate adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa- (उपसर्ग/सह) + putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (with sons)

• vaṃśa-vardhanāḥ: increasing the lineage
• vaṃśa-vardhanāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Predicate adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vaṃśa + vardhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (lineage-increasing)

• evam: thus
• evam: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (manner adverb: thus)

• uktvā: having spoken
• uktvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive): ‘having said’

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha (Discourse connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम/आरम्भसूचक (then/thereupon)

• tām: her
• tām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• devāḥ: the gods
• devāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• jagmuḥ: went
• jagmuḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन

• svargam: to heaven
• svargam: Karma (Goal as object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svarga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• dvija-uttamāḥ: the best of the twice-born (Brahmins)
• dvija-uttamāḥ: Karta (Appositive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija + uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्मधारय (excellent twice-born)

Speaker

Narrator addressing a brāhmaṇa listener (dvijottama) within the Dīrghikā Māhātmya storyline

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dīrghikā

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvijottama

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The devas pronounce the boon: childless devotees are blessed with sons; then the devas ascend to heaven in a luminous upward movement, leaving the tīrtha glowing with promise.

Characters & Entities

• Devāḥ (gods)
• Svarga (heaven)
• Dvijottama (brāhmaṇa addressee)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇas present tīrtha-sevā as capable of transforming worldly suffering (like childlessness) into auspicious continuity of dharma through lineage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Dīrghikā tīrtha whose benefits are being proclaimed in this chapter’s phalaśruti.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied continuation of the prior prescription: faithful bathing at the tīrtha (especially on the stated auspicious time) yields the stated fruit.