Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 72

Devanagari script

यः करिष्यति भूपालो जयस्तस्य भविष्यति । अपि स्वल्पस्वसैन्यस्य स्वल्पाश्वस्य च संगरे

Transliteration

yaḥ kariṣyati bhūpālo jayastasya bhaviṣyati | api svalpasvasainyasya svalpāśvasya ca saṃgare

Translation

جو بھی بھوپال ایسا کرے گا، فتح اسی کی ہوگی—خواہ میدانِ جنگ میں اس کی فوج تھوڑی ہو اور گھوڑے بھی کم ہوں۔

Word by Word

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-सर्वनाम

• करिष्यति: will do / will perform
• करिष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• भूपालः: king
• भूपालः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भू (प्रातिपदिक) + पाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (भूः पालः = पृथिव्याः पालकः)

• जयः: victory
• जयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

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

• भविष्यति: will be
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• अपि: even / also
• अपि: Discourse connector (Nipata/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (concessive/emphatic particle: even/also)

• स्वल्पस्वसैन्यस्य: of (his) small own army
• स्वल्पस्वसैन्यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वल्प (प्रातिपदिक) + स्व (प्रातिपदिक) + सैन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समासः (स्वल्पं स्वं सैन्यम् = one's small army)

• स्वल्पाश्वस्य: of (his) few horses / small cavalry
• स्वल्पाश्वस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वल्प (प्रातिपदिक) + अश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (स्वल्पः अश्वः)

• च: and
• च: Discourse connector (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• संगरे: in battle
• संगरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संगर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

Speaker

Devadeva (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kelīśvarī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A king with a small contingent and few horses stands before battle, reciting the hymn; above, Kelīśvarī’s protective radiance forms a canopy; the opposing army appears larger yet begins to falter.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Devadeva)
• Kelīśvarī (Goddess)
• Bhūpāla (king)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Righteous reliance on divine grace through stotra and devotion can outweigh material disadvantage, aligning worldly duty (kṣatra-dharma) with spiritual refuge.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader passage belongs to Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya, but this verse focuses on the stotra’s protective fruit rather than naming a tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performance of the indicated devotional act (implied: worship/recitation of the hymn) by a ruler seeking victory.