Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

एवं स मे पिता जातो जाबालिर्मुनिसत्तमः । पोषिताऽहं ततस्तेन नानाफलसमुद्रवैः

Transliteration

evaṃ sa me pitā jāto jābālirmunisattamaḥ | poṣitā'haṃ tatastena nānāphalasamudravaiḥ

Translation

“یوں مُنیوں میں برتر جابالی میرا باپ بنا۔ پھر اس نے مجھے طرح طرح کے پھلوں کے وافر ذخیرے سے پرورش دی۔”

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (thus)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• मे: my
• मे: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• पिता: father
• पिता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• जातः: was born/became
• जातः: Kriya/Predicate (क्रिया/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु) → जात (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘was born/became’

• जाबालिः: Jābāli
• जाबालिः: Apposition (समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जाबालि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• मुनिसत्तमः: best of sages
• मुनिसत्तमः: Apposition (समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनिसत्तम (प्रातिपदिक: मुनि + सत्तम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेष्य-समानााधिकरण

• पोषिता: was nourished
• पोषिता: Kriya/Predicate (क्रिया/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पुष् (धातु) → पोषित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मणि ‘was nourished’

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तम-पुरुषवाचक सर्वनाम; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• ततः: then
• ततः: Discourse adverb (क्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रमवाचक (then)

• तेन: by him
• तेन: Karana/Agent in passive (करण/कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• नानाफलसमुद्रवैः: with various fruits and sea-born (gifts)
• नानाफलसमुद्रवैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नानाफलसमुद्रव (प्रातिपदिक: नाना + फल + समुद्रव)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; साधन/उपकरणार्थे

Speaker

Kanyā (Phalavatī)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Unnamed interlocutor

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Jābāli the sage, austere yet tender, provides the child with baskets of varied fruits; the hermitage is lush with trees and calm animals.

Characters & Entities

• Phalavatī
• Jābāli

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even in forest life, dharma includes care and protection; ascetic settings are portrayed as sustained by nature’s abundance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; it depicts hermitage life within the chapter’s tīrtha narrative frame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is descriptive of upbringing and sustenance.