Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

मांगल्यैः संपरित्यक्तं यद्भवेत्सूतिकागृहम् । तस्मिन्यस्तिष्ठते बालः स युष्माकं प्रकल्पितः

Transliteration

māṃgalyaiḥ saṃparityaktaṃ yadbhavetsūtikāgṛham | tasminyastiṣṭhate bālaḥ sa yuṣmākaṃ prakalpitaḥ

Translation

اگر زچگی کا گھر منگل کرموں اور حفاظتی تدبیروں سے خالی ہو کر چھوڑ دیا جائے، تو اس میں جو بچہ ٹھہرا رہے وہ تمہارے لیے مقرر ٹھہرایا جاتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• माङ्गल्यैः: by auspicious rites/ceremonies
• माङ्गल्यैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माङ्गल्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन — Instrumental plural (by/with auspicious rites)

• सम्परित्यक्तम्: abandoned, forsaken
• सम्परित्यक्तम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्+परि+त्यज् (धातु) → परित्यक्त (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — PPP; neuter sg (agreeing with गृहम्)

• यत्: which/that (which)
• यत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Relative pronoun; nominative sg (introducing relative clause)

• भवेत्: may be, would become
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — may be/should be

• सूतिका-गृहम्: a lying-in room/house of childbirth
• सूतिका-गृहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूतिका (प्रातिपदिक) + गृहम् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative) ‘सूतिकायाः गृहम्’; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — neuter sg

• तस्मिन्: in that (place)
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन — Locative sg (in that)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Relative pronoun; nominative sg (who)

• तिष्ठते: stands, remains
• तिष्ठते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद — stands/remains

• बालः: a child/boy
• बालः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Nominative sg

• सः: he/that one
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Demonstrative pronoun; nominative sg

• युष्माकम्: of you (pl.)
• युष्माकम्: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन — Genitive plural (of you)

• प्रकल्पितः: assigned, allotted
• प्रकल्पितः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र+कल्प् (धातु) → प्रकल्पित (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — appointed/assigned (agreeing with सः)

Speaker

Unspecified (deduced: narrator voice in Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dim, abandoned sūtikāgṛha (lying-in chamber) without lamps or protective marks; a lone infant remains, while shadowy graha/bhūta figures hover at the threshold, suggesting the consequence of neglected maṅgala-rakṣā.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Auspicious, dharmic observances are presented as spiritual protection; neglect is portrayed as spiritually dangerous.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse does not name a tīrtha; it serves as a cautionary dharma statement within the chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Ensure māṃgalya (auspicious rites/protections) are maintained in the sūtikāgṛha during the childbirth period.