Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 123

Devanagari script

न तेषां वंशनाशोऽस्ति जयादित्यप्रसादतः । तेषां कुले न रोगः स्यान्न दारिद्र्यं न लाञ्छनम्

Transliteration

na teṣāṃ vaṃśanāśo'sti jayādityaprasādataḥ | teṣāṃ kule na rogaḥ syānna dāridryaṃ na lāñchanam

Translation

Nhờ ân sủng của Jayāditya, dòng dõi của họ không bị diệt mất. Trong gia tộc ấy sẽ không có bệnh tật, không nghèo khó, cũng không ô nhục.

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• teṣām: of them
• teṣām: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural), सर्वनाम

• vaṃśa-nāśaḥ: destruction of lineage
• vaṃśa-nāśaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vaṃśa (प्रातिपदिक) + nāśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (vaṃśasya nāśaḥ)

• asti: exists/is
• asti: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (अस् धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• jayāditya-prasādataḥ: due to the grace of Jayāditya
• jayāditya-prasādataḥ: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: jayāditya (प्रातिपदिक) + prasāda (प्रातिपदिक) + tas (तस्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: हेतौ/कारणे तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb: 'because of/from'); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (jayādityasya prasādaḥ)

• teṣām: of them
• teṣām: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural), सर्वनाम

• kule: in the family
• kule: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kula (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• rogaḥ: disease
• rogaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: roga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• syāt: would be/should be
• syāt: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (अस् धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• dāridryam: poverty
• dāridryam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dāridrya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• lāñchanam: stigma/disgrace
• lāñchanam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: lāñchana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Guptakṣetra (Jayāditya-prasāda)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇas (viprāḥ/dvijāḥ)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene sacred precinct (gupta-kṣetra) with a radiant solar deity aspect (Jayāditya) bestowing boons upon a family—symbols of health, grain, and honor; devotees with folded hands near a shrine and sacred boundary markers.

Characters & Entities

• Jayāditya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Grace obtained through the sacred tradition of the kṣetra is said to protect family continuity and well-being.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The benefit statement belongs to the Guptakṣetra/Koṭitīrtha/Mahīnagaraka context of this adhyāya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is stated here; it is a phalaśruti (statement of results).