Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 20
Devanagari script
एवं तस्य स्थितस्यात्र महान्कालो व्यजायत । पुत्राः पौत्रास्तथा जाताः कन्यकाश्च तथैव च
Transliteration
evaṃ tasya sthitasyātra mahānkālo vyajāyata | putrāḥ pautrāstathā jātāḥ kanyakāśca tathaiva ca
Translation
เมื่อเขาพำนักอยู่ที่นั่น กาลเวลาอันยาวนานได้ล่วงเลยไป บุตรชายและหลานชายได้ถือกำเนิดขึ้น เช่นเดียวกับบุตรสาวทั้งหลาย
Word by Word
एवम्thus
एवम्:
Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (thus)
तस्यof him
तस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन
स्थितस्यwhile he stayed
स्थितस्य:
Visheshana (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootस्था (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तस्य इति विशेषणम्; अर्थः—स्थित (remaining/staying)
अत्रhere
अत्र:
Adhikarana (Location)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअत्र (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)
महान्great
महान्:
Visheshana (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कालः इति विशेषणम्
कालःtime
कालः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootकाल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
व्यजायतpassed/was produced (elapsed)
व्यजायत:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवि + जन् (धातु)
Formलङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद
पुत्राःsons
पुत्राः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन
पौत्राःgrandsons
पौत्राः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootपौत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन
तथाalso
तथा:
Sambandha (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चय/तुल्यतावाचक (also/likewise)
जाताःwere born
जाताः:
Kriya (Predicative)
TypeAdjective
Rootजन् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; पुत्राः/पौत्राः इत्यस्य विधेयविशेषणम्
कन्यकाःdaughters/maidens
कन्यकाः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootकन्यका (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन
चand
च:
Samuccaya (Conjunction)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)
तथाlikewise
तथा:
Sambandha (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चय/तुल्यतावाचक
एवindeed
एव:
Avadharana (Emphasis)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अवधारणार्थक (indeed/just)
चand
च:
Samuccaya (Conjunction)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय
Speaker
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa tradition)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A montage-like sense: Puṣpa remains in place as years pass; children, grandchildren, and daughters are born—life unfolding while an unseen moral burden accumulates.
FAQs
Time and worldly expansion (family, lineage) do not erase prior deeds; Purāṇas often use this to introduce the necessity of śuddhi (purification).
Not named in this verse.
None.