Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 85

Devanagari script

अब्रवीच्च सुतस्तत्र स्वयं राजा भविष्यति । वीर्यौदार्यसमोपेतो वंशस्योद्धरणक्षमः

Transliteration

abravīcca sutastatra svayaṃ rājā bhaviṣyati | vīryaudāryasamopeto vaṃśasyoddharaṇakṣamaḥ

Translation

అక్కడ ఆయన ప్రకటించెను—“నీ కుమారుడే స్వయంగా రాజు అవుతాడు; అతడు శౌర్యమూ ఔదార్యమూ కలవాడు, వంశాన్ని నిలబెట్టగలవాడు, పునః ప్రతిష్ఠించగలవాడు.”

Word by Word

• अब्रवीत्: said
• अब्रवीत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद (Imperfect, 3rd sg.)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• सुतः: the son
• सुतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masc., Nom. sg.)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• स्वयम्: himself
• स्वयम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (emphatic; ‘oneself’)

• राजा: king
• राजा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masc., Nom. sg.)

• भविष्यति: will become
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्काल), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद (Future, 3rd sg.)

• वीर्यौदार्यसमोपेतः: endowed with valor and generosity
• वीर्यौदार्यसमोपेतः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वीर्य + औदार्य + समुपेत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masc., Nom. sg.); ‘endowed with’ (समुपेत) + गुणद्वय

• वंशस्य: of the lineage
• वंशस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वंश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masc., Gen. sg.)

• उद्धरणक्षमः: capable of uplifting (it)
• उद्धरणक्षमः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उद्धरण + क्षम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masc., Nom. sg.)

Speaker

Tripurāntaka (Śiva), inferred as declarer in narrative flow

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Devīkuṇḍa (contextual)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva (or the divine authority) proclaims a boon: the devotee’s son will become king, radiant with valor and generosity; the scene carries a public, proclamatory tone—witnesses, sacred setting, and a sense of restored destiny.

Characters & Entities

• Son (heir)
• Dynasty/vaṃśa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Righteous succession is a divine-supported pillar of social dharma; ideal rulership is marked by valor and generosity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The statement is part of the Devīkuṇḍa Māhātmya narrative sequence in this chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual; it affirms the dharmic outcome of installing the heir.