Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 21

Devanagari script

सुमित्राख्या तथा चान्या पत्नी या मध्यमा स्थिता । शत्रुघ्नलक्ष्मणौ पुत्रौ तस्यां जातौ महाबलौ

Transliteration

sumitrākhyā tathā cānyā patnī yā madhyamā sthitā | śatrughnalakṣmaṇau putrau tasyāṃ jātau mahābalau

Translation

اور ایک اور ملکہ سُمِترا کے نام سے تھی، جو درمیان والی تھی؛ اسی سے دو عظیم قوت والے بیٹے، لکشمن اور شترغن، پیدا ہوئے۔

Word by Word

• sumitrā-ākhyā: named Sumitrā
• sumitrā-ākhyā: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sumitrā (प्रातिपदिक) + ākhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; नामधारक-तत्पुरुष (sumitrā-ākhya = ‘named Sumitrā’)

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण

• ca: and
• ca: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-बोधक (conjunction)

• anyā: another
• anyā: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• patnī: wife
• patnī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: patnī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• yā: who
• yā: Karta (Relative subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-सर्वनाम

• madhyamā: middle (one)
• madhyamā: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: madhyama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• sthitā: situated/being
• sthitā: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sthā (धातु) + kta (कृत्) → sthita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त

• śatrughna-lakṣmaṇau: Śatrughna and Lakṣmaṇa
• śatrughna-lakṣmaṇau: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śatrughna (प्रातिपदिक) + lakṣmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, द्विवचन (Dual); इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व

• putrau: two sons
• putrau: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, द्विवचन

• tasyām: in her
• tasyām: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• jātau: born
• jātau: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jan (धातु) + kta (कृत्) → jāta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, द्विवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त

• mahābalau: very strong
• mahābalau: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + bala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, द्विवचन; कर्मधारय (mahā-bala = ‘great in strength’)

Speaker

Narrator of the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya (contextual purāṇic narrator)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sumitrā as the middle queen; twin infants Lakṣmaṇa and Śatrughna; symbols of strength—miniature bows or protective amulets—suggested; attendants performing jāta-karma rites.

Characters & Entities

• Sumitrā
• Lakṣmaṇa
• Śatrughna
• Daśaratha (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred merit is portrayed as sustaining the emergence of protectors of dharma—companions and supporters of the ideal king.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues the Adhyāya 98 tīrtha-result narrative; the tīrtha name is not stated here.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it records the birth of Lakṣmaṇa and Śatrughna.