Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

भास्करस्य प्रसादेन तथैवान्यस्य कर्हिचित् । सोऽपि मंदिरमासाद्य यथात्मपितृसंभवम्

Transliteration

bhāskarasya prasādena tathaivānyasya karhicit | so'pi maṃdiramāsādya yathātmapitṛsaṃbhavam

Translation

蒙婆斯迦罗（太阳神）之恩——或有时亦蒙他人之助——他也抵达那座府第，举止与其家族血脉及父系身份相称。

Word by Word

• bhāskarasya: of Bhāskara
• bhāskarasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāskara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• prasādena: by the grace/favor
• prasādena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prasāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• tathā: thus
• tathā: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (thus/so)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक (emphasis)

• anyasya: of another
• anyasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; ‘अन्य’ (another)

• karhicit: at some time
• karhicit: Sambandha (Temporal/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: karhicit (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (at some time/ever)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपि (also)

• maṃdiram: the house/temple
• maṃdiram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maṃdira (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• āsādya: having reached
• āsādya: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā+√sad (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्यय (absolutive/gerund); ‘आसाद्य’ = having reached/approached

• yathā: as/according to
• yathā: Sambandha (Comparative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमान/प्रकारवाचक (as/according to)

• ātma-pitṛ-saṃbhavam: in accordance with his own paternal origin/lineage
• ātma-pitṛ-saṃbhavam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ātman + pitṛ + saṃbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण; ‘आत्मनः पितुः सम्भवम्’ (arising from one’s own father/ancestry)

Speaker

Sūta (contextual continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Puṣpa reaches the mansion under the auspices of the Sun; a subtle solar disc or rays appear above, while the mansion gate and attendants reflect noble propriety and inherited status.

Characters & Entities

• Bhāskara (Sūrya)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic narratives often attribute success to divine prasāda (grace), reminding readers that worldly movement and status are ultimately under higher order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader glorification remains that of Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra within the Nāgara Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; only the motif of prasāda (divine favor) is invoked.