Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

एवं प्रकुर्वतस्तुभ्यं पुत्रो वृद्धिं प्रयास्यति । तथा राष्ट्रं च कोशश्च यच्चान्यदपि किंचन

Transliteration

evaṃ prakurvatastubhyaṃ putro vṛddhiṃ prayāsyati | tathā rāṣṭraṃ ca kośaśca yaccānyadapi kiṃcana

Translation

Nếu ngài làm đúng như vậy, con trai ngài ắt sẽ lớn mạnh hưng vượng. Cũng thế, vương quốc, kho tàng và mọi điều khác thuộc về phúc lợi của ngài đều sẽ thịnh đạt.

Word by Word

• evam: thus
• evam: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (प्रकारवाचक) = adverb ‘thus’

• prakurvataḥ: of (you) doing/performing
• prakurvataḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra+kṛ (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमान कृदन्त (present active participle); पुंलिङ्गे षष्ठी एकवचनम् (Genitive singular)

• tubhyam: for you
• tubhyam: Sampradana (Beneficiary/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी एकवचनम् (Dative singular)

• putraḥ: son
• putraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम् (Nominative singular)

• vṛddhim: increase, prosperity
• vṛddhim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचनम् (Accusative singular)

• prayāsyati: will attain, will go to
• prayāsyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra+yā (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्/Future), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (प्रकार/समुच्चयार्थ) = likewise

• rāṣṭram: kingdom
• rāṣṭram: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāṣṭra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम् (Nominative singular)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय)

• kośaḥ: treasury
• kośaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kośa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम् (Nominative singular)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय)

• yat: whatever (that which)
• yat: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम् (Nominative singular); सम्बन्धक/यत्-शब्दः

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय)

• anyat: other
• anyat: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम् (Nominative singular); ‘यत्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• api: also, even
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (अपि=also/even)

• kiṃcana: anything whatsoever
• kiṃcana: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kiṃcana (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम् (Nominative singular); अनिश्चित-सर्वनाम

Speaker

Narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa (contextual purāṇic narrator continuing the counsel)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Camatkārapura (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A symbolic tableau: the king performs the prescribed observances; behind him appear signs of flourishing—healthy prince, abundant granaries, orderly city, full treasury.

Characters & Entities

• King
• Son (putra)
• Kingdom (rāṣṭra)
• Treasury (kośa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma practiced steadily—especially Śaiva worship joined with right giving—bears fruit as familial, social, and material well-being.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The immediate verse states the fruits of observance within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya framework, without specifying a named tīrtha in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It refers back to the prescribed monthly worship and offerings; the focus here is on the promised results—growth of the son, kingdom, and treasury.