Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

नातिदीर्घेण कालेन ततस्तस्याभव तत्सुतः । यथोक्तस्तेन देवेन सर्वलक्षणलक्षितः

Transliteration

nātidīrgheṇa kālena tatastasyābhava tatsutaḥ | yathoktastena devena sarvalakṣaṇalakṣitaḥ

Translation

ఎక్కువ కాలం గడవకముందే అతనికి కుమారుడు జన్మించెను—ఆ దేవుడు చెప్పినట్లే—అతడు సమస్త శుభలక్షణాలతో అలంకృతుడై యుండెను.

Word by Word

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• अतिदीर्घेण: by a very long
• अतिदीर्घेण: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Temporal setting/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अति-दीर्घ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; विशेषण (कालेन)

• कालेन: time/period
• कालेन: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/काल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कालवाचक-तृतीया (within/after a time)

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: Kāla/Anantara (Then/thereafter)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय; तद्-प्रभव)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अभवत्: was born/came to be
• अभवत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तत्सुतः: his son
• तत्सुतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् + सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (तस्य सुतः)

• यथोक्तः: as stated
• यथोक्तः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यथा (अव्यय) + उक्त (वच् + क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; यथा-समास/उपपद (यथा उक्तः = as was said) विशेषण (तत्सुतः)

• तेन: by him
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/Agent in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• देवेन: by the god
• देवेन: Karana (Instrument/Agent in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सर्वलक्षणलक्षितः: marked by all auspicious signs
• सर्वलक्षणलक्षितः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + लक्षण + लक्षित (लक्ष् + क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (सर्वैः लक्षणैः लक्षितः) विशेषण (तत्सुतः)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Nāgara Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vaṭa-sthala of Sūrya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A newborn son appears in Gālava’s family, radiant with auspicious signs, fulfilling Sūrya’s promise.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya (implied)
• Gālava (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine promises in tīrtha worship are presented as reliable: faith and prescribed observance culminate in tangible blessings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The narrative supports the fame of Vaṭāditya/Vaṭeśvara as a giver of boons, especially progeny.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new prescription; it reports the fruition of the earlier Saptamī devotion/fast.