Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

एवं चान्या महाभागे पारंपर्येण कन्यकाः । तव वंशोद्भवाः सर्वाः प्रभविष्यंति मंत्रतः

Transliteration

evaṃ cānyā mahābhāge pāraṃparyeṇa kanyakāḥ | tava vaṃśodbhavāḥ sarvāḥ prabhaviṣyaṃti maṃtrataḥ

Translation

“اسی طرح، اے نہایت بخت والی، روایت کی مسلسل کڑی سے دوسری کنواریاں بھی—سب کی سب گویا تمہارے ہی نسب سے—منتر کی قوت سے ظاہر ہوں گی۔”

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

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

• अन्याः: other
• अन्याः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (कन्यकाः)

• महाभागे: O greatly fortunate one
• महाभागे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• पारम्पर्येण: through succession
• पारम्पर्येण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पारम्पर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; 'by succession/tradition'

• कन्यकाः: maidens
• कन्यकाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्यका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• वंश-उद्भवाः: born from (your) lineage
• वंश-उद्भवाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वंश (प्रातिपदिक) + उद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (वंशात् उद्भवाः)

• सर्वाः: all
• सर्वाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (कन्यकाः)

• प्रभविष्यन्ति: will arise/come forth
• प्रभविष्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• मन्त्रतः: from the mantra; by the power of mantra
• मन्त्रतः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; हेतौ (because of/from)

Speaker

Śrī Bhagavān (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pādukā-sambhava (as implied)

Type: cave

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Kumārī (maiden)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva proclaims that, through succession, many maidens will arise as of her lineage by mantra; the imagery suggests a chain of initiations, each link illuminated by the same sacred light.

Characters & Entities

• Mantra
• Paramparā
• Kanyakā
• Vaṃśa (lineage)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A ‘lineage’ may be preserved through sacred transmission (paramparā) empowered by mantra, beyond biological descent.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The teaching appears within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya narrative of Śrīmātuḥ Pādukā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Continuation of a mantra-paramparā—ensuring teachings are passed on in proper succession.