Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

तस्यैवं गुणयुक्तस्य सार्वभौमस्य भूपतेः । एक एव महानासीद्दोषः पुत्रविवर्जितः

Transliteration

tasyaivaṃ guṇayuktasya sārvabhaumasya bhūpateḥ | eka eva mahānāsīddoṣaḥ putravivarjitaḥ

Translation

Dẫu vị quân vương tối thượng ấy đầy đủ mọi đức hạnh, vẫn chỉ có một thiếu khuyết lớn: không có con trai nối dõi.

Word by Word

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन

• evam: thus
• evam: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (thus)

• guṇa-yuktasya: endowed with virtues
• guṇa-yuktasya: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: guṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + yukta (युज्-धातु, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (tasya); तत्पुरुषः: 'गुणैः युक्तः'

• sārvabhaumasya: of the universal sovereign
• sārvabhaumasya: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sārvabhauma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (bhūpateḥ)

• bhūpateḥ: of the king
• bhūpateḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūpati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• ekaḥ: one
• ekaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (doṣaḥ)

• eva: indeed / only
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• mahān: great
• mahān: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (doṣaḥ)

• āsīt: was
• āsīt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• doṣaḥ: fault
• doṣaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: doṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• putra-vivarjitaḥ: devoid of a son / sonless
• putra-vivarjitaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक) + vivarjita (वर्ज्-धातु, वि-उपसर्ग, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (doṣaḥ); तत्पुरुषः: 'पुत्रेण विवर्जितः/पुत्ररहितः'

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa/Sūta narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The virtuous king alone in a quiet chamber or temple courtyard at night, surrounded by prosperity yet inwardly sorrowful; he gazes at a cradle left empty or offers prayer before a deity for a son.

Characters & Entities

• Hariścandra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even great virtue does not erase human longing; Purāṇas channel such desires toward dharmic means—tapas and tīrtha-sevā.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse prepares for the tīrtha-account where Hariścandra undertakes austerities for progeny; the place is specified next.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription here; it introduces the motive for subsequent tapas and worship.