Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

भगवंश्चानपत्यस्य वार्द्धकं मे समागतम् । तस्मादपत्यलाभाय ममोपायं प्रकीर्तय

Transliteration

bhagavaṃścānapatyasya vārddhakaṃ me samāgatam | tasmādapatyalābhāya mamopāyaṃ prakīrtaya

Translation

Ngài thưa: “Bạch đấng tôn kính, tuổi già đã đến với con trong khi con vẫn chưa có con nối dõi. Vậy xin chỉ bày cho con phương cách để được con cái.”

Word by Word

• bhagavan: O venerable one
• bhagavan: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• anapatyasya: of (me) childless one
• anapatyasya: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: an-apatya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन

• vārddhakam: old age
• vārddhakam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vārddhaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन

• me: to me / for me
• me: Sambandha (to me/for me)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive) / चतुर्थी (Dative), एकवचन; enclitic

• samāgatam: has come
• samāgatam: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-gam (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘has come/arrived’

• tasmāt: therefore
• tasmāt: Hetu/Apadana (Reason/Source)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तस्मात्-रूपेण अव्ययीभाववत्; अपादानार्थे (ablatival adverb: ‘therefore/from that’)

• apatya-lābhāya: for obtaining offspring
• apatya-lābhāya: Sampradana (Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: apatya (प्रातिपदिक) + lābha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (Dative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (apatyasya lābhaḥ)

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन

• upāyam: means/remedy
• upāyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: upāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन

• prakīrtaya: tell/proclaim
• prakīrtaya: Kriya (Command/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-kīrt (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Siddha (the seeker; name not given in snippet) addressing Bṛhaspati

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Close-up of Haṃsa speaking with humility: bowed head, hands joined; Bṛhaspati listening with compassionate steadiness; visual emphasis on wrinkles/white hair to signify vārdhakya.

Characters & Entities

• Bṛhaspati

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Human limitation is acknowledged with humility, and divine-aligned effort is sought through proper instruction.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The site is not named in this verse; it prepares for the later instruction to go to Camatkārapura.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A request is made for an upāya (means), which will be specified in subsequent verses as pilgrimage, worship, and austerity.