Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 174

Devanagari script

उत्पत्स्यते यदा चात्र भर्तृयज्ञो महामुनिः । तस्योपदेशमासाद्य भूयः प्राप्स्यसि स्वां तनुम्

Transliteration

utpatsyate yadā cātra bhartṛyajño mahāmuniḥ | tasyopadeśamāsādya bhūyaḥ prāpsyasi svāṃ tanum

Translation

“และเมื่อใด ณ ที่นี้ มหามุนีภฤตฤยัชญะจักอุบัติขึ้น ครั้นเข้าไปเฝ้าและรับโอวาทของท่านแล้ว เจ้าจักได้กายของตนคืนมาอีกครั้ง”

Word by Word

• उत्पत्स्यते: will arise/be born
• उत्पत्स्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत् + पद् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• यदा: when
• यदा: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (when)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (locative adverb: here)

• भर्तृयज्ञः: Bhartyajña (name)
• भर्तृयज्ञः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भर्तृ + यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• महामुनिः: the great sage
• महामुनिः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महā + मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• उपदेशम्: instruction
• उपदेशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपदेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• आसाद्य: having obtained/approached
• आसाद्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + सद् (धातु) + ल्यप् (प्रत्यय)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund)

• भूयः: again
• भूयः: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस्/भूयः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरर्थक (again)

• प्राप्स्यसि: you will regain/attain
• प्राप्स्यसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• स्वाम्: your own
• स्वाम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (तनुम् इति)

• तनुम्: body/form
• तनुम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Unnamed speaker in excerpt (contextual narrator/dialogue within Nāgara-khaṇḍa Tīrtha-māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Prophetic assurance: the speaker gestures toward the sacred ground, envisioning the future birth of Bhartṛyajña; a faint vignette shows a sage instructing the owl-formed being, culminating in restored human form.

Characters & Entities

• Bhartṛyajña

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right guidance (upadeśa) from a realized sage is portrayed as the turning point that restores one from fallen states to wholeness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader chapter is a tīrtha-māhātmya, but this verse focuses on the future advent of a sage rather than naming the site in the excerpt.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The prescription here is relational rather than ritual: approaching a great sage and receiving instruction.