Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 23

Devanagari script

दाहांते भविता गर्भस्ततः पुत्रमवाप्स्यसि । राज्यभारक्षमं शूरं त्रिषु लोकेषु विश्रुतम्

Transliteration

dāhāṃte bhavitā garbhastataḥ putramavāpsyasi | rājyabhārakṣamaṃ śūraṃ triṣu lokeṣu viśrutam

Translation

اس جلنے کی آزمائش کے خاتمے پر تم حاملہ ہو گی؛ پھر تمہیں ایک بیٹا نصیب ہوگا—بہادر، سلطنت کا بوجھ اٹھانے کے لائق، اور تینوں لوکوں میں مشہور۔

Word by Word

• dāha-ante: at the end of the burning
• dāha-ante: Adhikarana (Time/काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dāha (प्रातिपदिक) + anta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (दाहस्य अन्ते) — ‘at the end of the burning’

• bhavitā: will be
• bhavitā: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद — ‘will be’

• garbhaḥ: a pregnancy (conception)
• garbhaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: garbha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — ‘pregnancy/embryo’

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Sequence/क्रम-अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — ‘thereafter’

• putram: a son
• putram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — ‘son’

• avāpsyasi: you will obtain
• avāpsyasi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ava-āp (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन — ‘you will obtain’

• rājya-bhāra-kṣamam: able to bear royal responsibility
• rājya-bhāra-kṣamam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: rājya (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāra (प्रातिपदिक) + kṣama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (राज्यस्य भारः; तं क्षमम्) — ‘capable of bearing the burden of kingship’

• śūram: brave
• śūram: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śūra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — ‘brave’

• triṣu: in three
• triṣu: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tri (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), बहुवचन — ‘in three’

• lokeṣu: in the worlds
• lokeṣu: Adhikarana (Location/देश-अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), बहुवचन — ‘in the worlds’

• viśrutam: renowned
• viśrutam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi-śru (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त/PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘विश्रुत’ = ‘well-known’ (putram इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (context suggests a sage addressing a woman, likely Durvāsā in this adhyāya)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage proclaims that after the burning ends, conception will occur and a heroic son will be born—imagery of fire subsiding into a womb-lotus, and a future prince radiant with kṣātra splendor.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma undertaken with endurance yields auspicious worldly and spiritual fruits, including protection, prosperity, and noble progeny.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse occurs within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya setting; the specific named tīrtha is not stated in this single śloka.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed here; it is a result-statement (phalaśruti) promising conception and a renowned son.