Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 43

Devanagari script

सहस्रेण तु वर्षाणां तत्र स्याद्यौवनं नृणाम् । सहस्रपञ्चकं यावदूर्ध्वं वार्द्धक मुच्यते

Transliteration

sahasreṇa tu varṣāṇāṃ tatra syādyauvanaṃ nṛṇām | sahasrapañcakaṃ yāvadūrdhvaṃ vārddhaka mucyate

Translation

ณ ที่นั้น ความเยาว์วัยของมนุษย์ดำรงอยู่ถึงหนึ่งพันปี; และต่อจากนั้นไปจนถึงห้าพันปี ความชราก็ถูกกันไว้ไม่ให้ครอบงำ

Word by Word

• सहस्रेण: by a thousand (years)
• सहस्रेण: Karana (Measure/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया एकवचन (Neuter; instrumental singular)

• तु: indeed, but
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण/विरोधसूचक (particle: “but/indeed”)

• वर्षाणाम्: of years
• वर्षाणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी बहुवचन (Neuter; genitive plural)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (locative adverb)

• स्यात्: would be / may be
• स्यात्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (अस्)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन (3rd person singular)

• यौवनम्: youth
• यौवनम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yauvana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन (Neuter; nominative singular)

• नृणाम्: of men
• नृणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी बहुवचन (Masculine; genitive plural)

• सहस्र-पञ्चकम्: a set of five thousand
• सहस्र-पञ्चकम्: Karma (Extent/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sahasra (प्रातिपदिक) + pañcaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगु (सहस्राणि पञ्च = 5000); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया/प्रथमा एकवचन (Neuter; accusative/nominative singular; here as measure-limit)

• यावत्: up to
• यावत्: Sambandha (Limit/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; परिमाण/अवधिवाचक (indeclinable: “up to/as far as”)

• ऊर्ध्वम्: thereafter, above
• ऊर्ध्वम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ūrdhvam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; दिशावाचक/उत्तरकालवाचक (adverb: “above/thereafter”)

• वार्द्धकम्: old age
• वार्द्धकम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vārddhaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन (Neuter; nominative singular)

• मुच्यते: is released / is called (as)
• मुच्यते: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √muc (मुच्)
• Form: लट् (present); कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन (3rd person singular)

Speaker

Bṛhaspati (implied narration to Indra in this adhyāya’s dialogue context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Elders with serene faces and youthful vigor walking in a sacred precinct; time personified held back at the boundary; a luminous aura over the landscape suggesting the slowing of decay.

Characters & Entities

• Longevity
• Youthfulness
• Tīrtha (implied sacred realm)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred realms described in the Māhātmya literature symbolize extraordinary reward (phala) for dharmic striving and tīrtha merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse praises conditions “there” within Adhyāya 27’s sacred context; the named site is not present in this excerpt.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse describes the resulting benefit (phala) associated with the sacred context.