Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

तस्य पुत्रः क्रथोनाम यौवनोद्धतविग्रहः । सदा गर्वसमायुक्तः पौरुषे च व्यवस्थितः

Transliteration

tasya putraḥ krathonāma yauvanoddhatavigrahaḥ | sadā garvasamāyuktaḥ pauruṣe ca vyavasthitaḥ

Translation

اس کا بیٹا کرتھا نامی تھا؛ جوانی کے جوش میں مغرور، ہمیشہ تکبر سے بھرا ہوا، اور مردانگی کے اظہار پر قائم رہتا تھا۔

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन, पुंलिङ्ग

• पुत्रः: son
• पुत्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• क्रथः: Kratha (name)
• क्रथः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; व्यक्तिनाम

• नाम: by name
• नाम: Sambandha (Apposition marker/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: अव्यय, नाम-निर्देशक (indeclinable: 'by name')

• यौवन-उद्धत-विग्रहः: whose body was arrogant due to youth; youth-intoxicated in form
• यौवन-उद्धत-विग्रहः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यौवन + उद्धत + विग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (यौवनेन उद्धतः विग्रहः यस्य) — अर्थतः बहुव्रीहिसदृश-विशेषणप्रयोग

• सदा: always
• सदा: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: 'always')

• गर्व-समायुक्तः: endowed with pride
• गर्व-समायुक्तः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गर्व + समायुक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तृतीया/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषार्थ (गर्वेण/गर्वस्य समायुक्तः)

• पौरुषे: in manliness; in valor
• पौरुषे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पौरुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय (conjunction)

• व्यवस्थितः: steadfast; established
• व्यवस्थितः: Kriya (State/अवस्था)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-अव-स्था (धातु) → व्यवस्थित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण

Speaker

Purāṇic narrator (contextual narrator in Tīrthamāhātmya; exact speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nāga-tīrtha (foreshadowed)

Type: tirtha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kratha, strong and youthful, stands with proud posture—chin raised, chest forward—surrounded by peers; elders look concerned, hinting at impending correction through sacred journey.

Characters & Entities

• Devarāta
• Kratha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Youthful pride and obsession with prowess are presented as inner faults that later lead to adharma and suffering.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is part of the Nāgatīrtha māhātmya narrative context, though it focuses on character introduction rather than the site itself.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it describes the temperament and disposition of Kratha.