Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

मम वर्षसहस्राणि बहूनि प्रयुतानि च । संजातानि महाभाग दृश्यते प्रथमं वयः

Transliteration

mama varṣasahasrāṇi bahūni prayutāni ca | saṃjātāni mahābhāga dṛśyate prathamaṃ vayaḥ

Translation

โอ้ผู้มีบุญยิ่ง กาลเวลาผ่านไปแก่เรานับพันปี และยังนับหมื่นปีอีกมาก; ทว่าอายุของเรากลับปรากฏดุจเยาว์วัยแรกเริ่ม

Word by Word

• मम: of me / my
• मम: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular), सर्वनाम (Pronoun)

• वर्षसहस्राणि: thousands of years
• वर्षसहस्राणि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष + सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), बहुवचन (Plural); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (Genitive-determinative: ‘of years’ + ‘thousands’)

• बहूनि: many
• बहूनि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषण (qualifying)

• प्रयुतानि: myriads / tens of thousands
• प्रयुतानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रयुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), बहुवचन (Plural)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (Conjunction)

• संजातानि: have come to pass / have occurred
• संजातानि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + √जन् (जनि) (धातु) → संजात (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (Past passive participle/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• महाभाग: O greatly fortunate one
• महाभाग: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + भाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (‘great’ + ‘fortunate’)

• दृश्यते: is seen / appears
• दृश्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दृश् (दर्शन) (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद (Ātmanepada), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मणि-प्रयोग (Passive)

• प्रथमम्: first / youthful
• प्रथमम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रथम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• वयः: age / youth
• वयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वयस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन

Speaker

The muni (unnamed) concluding the effect of mantra practice

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: An aged sage-like brāhmaṇa whose face and body shine with first youth, seated near a sacred spot, narrating his wonder to a listener.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇic worldview treats mantra-sādhana as capable of sustaining vitality beyond ordinary limits when rooted in dharma and devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is mentioned in this verse; it reinforces the Mahātmya narrative by attesting to the efficacy of Śaiva practice.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new prescription here; it summarizes the long-term fruit of the japa described earlier.