Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

ताभ्यां यो भविता पुत्रः स शेषान्रक्षयिष्यति । सर्पाञ्छुद्धसमाचारान्मर्यादासु व्यवस्थितान्

Transliteration

tābhyāṃ yo bhavitā putraḥ sa śeṣānrakṣayiṣyati | sarpāñchuddhasamācārānmaryādāsu vyavasthitān

Translation

บุตรผู้จะบังเกิดจากทั้งสองนั้น จักคุ้มครองนาคที่เหลือ—ผู้มีความประพฤติบริสุทธิ์ และตั้งมั่นอยู่ในขอบเขตแห่งมรรยาทาอันควร

Word by Word

• ताभ्याम्: by those two (women)
• ताभ्याम्: करण (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (करण), द्विवचनम्; सर्वनाम-रूपम् (instrumental dual, feminine)

• यः: who
• यः: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• भविता: will be
• भविता: क्रिया (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकारः (भविष्यत्कालः), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथम-पुरुषः, एकवचनम्; कर्तरि प्रयोगः

• पुत्रः: a son
• पुत्रः: कर्ता (Subject complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• सः: he
• सः: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; अन्वादेश-सर्वनाम (demonstrative)

• शेषान्: the remaining (ones)
• शेषान्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्

• रक्षयिष्यति: will protect
• रक्षयिष्यति: क्रिया (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: रक्ष् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकारः (भविष्यत्कालः), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथम-पुरुषः, एकवचनम्; कर्तरि प्रयोगः

• सर्पान्: serpents
• सर्पान्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्

• शुद्ध-समाचारान्: of pure conduct
• शुद्ध-समाचारान्: कर्म (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुद्ध (प्रातिपदिक) + समाचार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समासः; पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘सर्पान्’)

• मर्यादासु: within boundaries/limits
• मर्यादासु: अधिकरण (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मर्यादा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम् (locative plural)

• व्यवस्थितान्: situated/established
• व्यवस्थितान्: कर्म (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + अव + स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle) ‘व्यवस्थित’; पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘सर्पान्’)

Speaker

Brahmā

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages / or internal interlocutors within the narrative

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A prophetic assurance: a future son stands as a guardian of the remaining nāgas—serpents depicted as dignified, disciplined beings aligned in orderly ranks within boundary markers (maryādā).

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Jaratkāru (implied)
• Jaratkanyā (implied)
• Serpents (Nāgas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Protection is promised to those who reform—purity of conduct and living within maryādā invite divine safeguarding.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it concludes a dharmic-prophetic segment within the Tīrtha-māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is prescribed; the emphasis is on moral reform (śuddha-samācāra) and regulated living (maryādā).