Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

अथासौ ववृधे बालः शुक्लपक्षे यथोडुराट् । पितृमातृकृतानंदो बन्धुवर्गेण लालितः

Transliteration

athāsau vavṛdhe bālaḥ śuklapakṣe yathoḍurāṭ | pitṛmātṛkṛtānaṃdo bandhuvargeṇa lālitaḥ

Translation

پھر وہ لڑکا شُکل پکش کے چاند کی طرح روز بروز بڑھا؛ ماں باپ کے لیے مسرت بنا، اور رشتہ داروں کے حلقے نے محبت سے اسے پالا۔

Word by Word

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम/आरम्भसूचक (sequencing particle)

• असौ: he
• असौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असद्/अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• ववृधे: grew
• ववृधे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृध् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• बालः: the boy
• बालः: Karta (Apposition to subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• शुक्लपक्षे: in the bright fortnight
• शुक्लपक्षे: Adhikarana (Time-locative/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुक्ल (प्रातिपदिक) + पक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष ‘शुक्लस्य पक्षः’

• यथा: as/like
• यथा: Sambandha (Comparison marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमानवाचक (comparative particle)

• उडुराट्: the moon
• उडुराट्: Upamana (Standard of comparison/उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उडुराज् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘चन्द्रः’ (moon)

• पितृमातृकृतानन्दः: whose joy was caused by (his) father and mother
• पितृमातृकृतानन्दः: Karta (Qualifying the subject/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक) + मातृ (प्रातिपदिक) + कृत (कृ-धातु, क्त) + आनन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषार्थे ‘पितृमातृभ्यां कृतः आनन्दः यस्य’ (sense close to Bahuvrihi)

• बन्धुवर्गेण: by the group of relatives
• बन्धुवर्गेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बन्धु (प्रातिपदिक) + वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; ‘बन्धूनां वर्गः’

• लालितः: cherished/caressed
• लालितः: Karta (Predicate adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लल्/लालित (लल्-धातु से क्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic storyteller voice)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene domestic tableau: the child growing under the affectionate gaze of parents and relatives; in the background, a bright waxing moon symbolizing steady increase.

Characters & Entities

• uḍurāṭ (moon)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is also familial: loving nurture and harmonious kinship are portrayed as auspicious supports for a child’s destined growth.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is specified in this verse; it is narrative connective tissue within the Tīrthamāhātmya chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse uses an auspicious metaphor to describe the child’s growth.