Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 54

Devanagari script

तत्पुत्रस्य विशेषेण तथैवांतःपुरस्य च । राष्ट्रस्य च समग्रस्य वाहनानां तथा क्षयः

Transliteration

tatputrasya viśeṣeṇa tathaivāṃtaḥpurasya ca | rāṣṭrasya ca samagrasya vāhanānāṃ tathā kṣayaḥ

Translation

Đặc biệt, tai họa giáng xuống hoàng tử, và cũng vậy đối với các cung nữ nơi nội cung; còn toàn cõi quốc độ thì suy kiệt, nhất là xe cộ và thú cưỡi đều hao mòn.

Word by Word

• तत्-पुत्रस्य: of his son
• तत्-पुत्रस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; ‘तस्य पुत्रः’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष

• विशेषेण: especially
• विशेषेण: Manner/Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-एकवचनरूपेण क्रियाविशेषणत्वे (instrumental used adverbially)

• तथा: likewise/also
• तथा: Discourse/Adverbial
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकार/समुच्चयार्थक

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• अन्तःपुरस्य: of the inner palace/harem
• अन्तःपुरस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तःपुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• राष्ट्रस्य: of the kingdom
• राष्ट्रस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राष्ट्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• समग्रस्य: of the entire
• समग्रस्य: Visheshana (Adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; विशेषणं ‘राष्ट्रस्य’

• वाहनानाम्: of the vehicles/mounts
• वाहनानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाहन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन

• तथा: also/likewise
• तथा: Discourse/Adverbial
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयार्थक

• क्षयः: destruction/decay
• क्षयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa; exact speaker not explicit in snippet)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A montage-like depiction: the prince afflicted, inner-palace women distressed, the kingdom’s stables and chariots failing—broken carts, weakened mounts—messengers rushing with bad news.

Characters & Entities

• king (mahīpati)
• son
• antaḥpura (royal household)
• kingdom (rāṣṭra)
• vāhana (mounts/vehicles)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When dharma and auspicious order weaken, misfortune spreads from the ruler’s house to the whole realm, urging remedial śānti and renewed righteousness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse is within Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya narrative flow; the specific tīrtha is not named in this single shloka excerpt.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription appears in this verse; it describes calamity (kṣaya) that later motivates śānti rites.