Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

ततस्ताभ्यां ददौ तुष्टा सा पुत्रं वंशवर्धनम् । नाम्ना क्षेमजितं ख्यातं परपक्षक्षया वहम्

Transliteration

tatastābhyāṃ dadau tuṣṭā sā putraṃ vaṃśavardhanam | nāmnā kṣemajitaṃ khyātaṃ parapakṣakṣayā vaham

Translation

แล้วเทวีทรงพอพระทัย จึงประทานโอรสผู้เพิ่มพูนวงศ์ตระกูลให้แก่ทั้งสอง โอรสนั้นมีนามว่า “เกษมชิต” เลื่องลือว่าเป็นผู้ทำลายกองฝ่ายศัตรู

Word by Word

• tataḥ: thereafter
• tataḥ: Kāla/Deśa-adhikaraṇa (Temporal adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = 'ततः/then, thereafter'

• tābhyām: by those two
• tābhyām: Karaṇa (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, स्त्रीलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), द्विवचन = 'by those two'

• dadau: gave
• dadau: Kriyā (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धाातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद = 'gave'

• tuṣṭā: pleased
• tuṣṭā: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate adjective of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tuṣ (धातु) + ta (क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (भूतकर्मणि/भावे), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन = 'pleased/satisfied'

• sā: she
• sā: Kartā (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन = 'she'

• putram: a son
• putram: Karman (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन = 'son'

• vaṃśa-vardhanam: lineage-increasing
• vaṃśa-vardhanam: Karman (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vaṃśa (प्रातिपदिक) + vardhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (वंशस्य वर्धनः), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (putram)

• nāmnā: by the name
• nāmnā: Karaṇa (Instrument; naming)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन = 'by name'

• kṣemajitam: (named) Kṣemajit
• kṣemajitam: Karman (Apposition to object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣema (प्रातिपदिक) + jit (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-समास (क्षेमं जयति/क्षेमजित्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; नाम (putrasya)

• khyātam: renowned
• khyātam: Karman (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: khyā (धातु) + ta (क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (kṣemajitam/putram) = 'renowned/known'

• para-pakṣa-kṣayā-vaham: bringing destruction of the enemy side
• para-pakṣa-kṣayā-vaham: Karman (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक) + pakṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + kṣaya (प्रातिपदिक) + vaha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (परपक्षस्य क्षयः तं वहति/करोति इति), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (putram)

Speaker

Sūta (tīrthamāhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (implied by surrounding verses)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇas / dvija audience (explicitly addressed later in the passage)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant goddess (or kṣetra-devatā) bestows a child to a devoted royal couple; the infant is shown with auspicious marks, while defeated hostile forces are hinted in the background as omens of future victory.

Characters & Entities

• Kātyāyanī
• Kṣemajit

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere worship yields grace; divine boons are framed as dharmic instruments—strengthening lineage and protecting society.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The boon narrative supports the greatness of the kṣetra where the worship occurred, within the Hāṭakeśvara/Raivateśvara tīrthamāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The result (putra-lābha) is explicitly tied to sustained Devī-ārādhana undertaken at the hermitage/kṣetra.