Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 144

Devanagari script

अपुत्रस्य तु मे पुत्रं यदि यच्छसि वासव । यस्मात्संजायते वंशो यावदाभूतसंप्लवम्

Transliteration

aputrasya tu me putraṃ yadi yacchasi vāsava | yasmātsaṃjāyate vaṃśo yāvadābhūtasaṃplavam

Translation

แต่โอ้ วาสวะ หากท่านประทานบุตรแก่เรา ผู้ไร้บุตร เพื่อให้วงศ์สกุลบังเกิดและดำรงสืบไปจนถึงกาลสิ้นแห่งปรลัย (เราจักกระทำให้)

Word by Word

• अपुत्रस्य: of (me) who is sonless
• अपुत्रस्य: Sambandha (Genitive qualifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ + पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी, एकवचन; नञ्-समासार्थक-प्रातिपदिक (a-putra = sonless); विशेषण (मे)

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/विरोधार्थक

• मे: my, to me
• मे: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन; एन्क्लिटिक; सम्बन्ध

• पुत्रम्: a son
• पुत्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्म

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Condition marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; शर्तार्थक

• यच्छसि: you give
• यच्छसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: यम् (धातु) → यच्छ (वर्तमान-धातुरूप)
• Form: लट् (Present); मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• वासव: O Vāsava (Indra)
• वासव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (8th case), एकवचन

• यस्मात्: from which, because of which
• यस्मात्: Apadana (Cause/source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक; पञ्चमी (5th case), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थ (ablative of cause)

• संजायते: is born, arises
• संजायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• वंशः: lineage
• वंशः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वंश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• यावत्: as long as
• यावत्: Sambandha (Extent marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय/संबन्ध-शब्द)
• Form: अव्यय; परिमाण/अवधि-निर्देशक (as long as)

• आभूतसंप्लवम्: up to the great dissolution
• आभूतसंप्लवम्: Adhikarana (Temporal extent/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आ + भूत + संप्लव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः: आ-भूत-संप्लवम् (अव्ययीभाव; ‘up to the cosmic dissolution’); पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन; अव्ययीभाव-समासात् अव्ययार्थे (extent)

Speaker

Devaśarmā

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A childless brāhmaṇa earnestly petitions Indra for a son, hands joined, eyes moist yet steady; cosmic imagery hints at ‘until pralaya’—stars, cycles, or a distant horizon beyond the ritual space.

Characters & Entities

• Devaśarmā
• Indra (Vāsava)
• Lineage (vaṃśa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Householder aspirations (continuing lineage) are integrated with temple duty; boons are sought to sustain dharma across generations.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is named in this verse; it is part of the narrative supporting a tīrtha-mahātmya setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct rite; it records a conditional vow-like acceptance of service in exchange for a boon (putra).