Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

नभसः शुक्लपंचम्यां फलैः पूजां करोति च । अपि वर्षशता नारी सा भविष्यति पुत्रिणी

Transliteration

nabhasaḥ śuklapaṃcamyāṃ phalaiḥ pūjāṃ karoti ca | api varṣaśatā nārī sā bhaviṣyati putriṇī

Translation

«وإن هي في اليوم الخامس من النصف المضيء من شهر نَبْهَس أقامت العبادة بالثمار، فإن المرأة التي بقيت بلا ولد مئة عام ستُرزق بالذرية.»

Word by Word

• नभसः: of Nabhas (month)
• नभसः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नभस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• शुक्लपंचम्याम्: on the bright fifth lunar day
• शुक्लपंचम्याम्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुक्ल (प्रातिपदिक) + पञ्चमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (शुक्ला पञ्चमी)

• फलैः: with fruits
• फलैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• पूजाम्: worship
• पूजाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• करोति: does/performs
• करोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक निपात (conjunction)

• अपि: even if
• अपि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle), concessive 'even if'

• वर्षशता: (even) a hundred-years (old)
• वर्षशता: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (शतं वर्षाणि यस्याः/या)

• नारी: woman
• नारी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• भविष्यति: will become
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• पुत्रिणी: having a son/children
• पुत्रिणी: Karta (Subject complement/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुत्रिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (possessive: having a son/children)

Speaker

Vasiṣṭha

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda-tīrtha (within Arbuda-khaṇḍa narration)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devoted woman on bright Pañcamī in Nabhas offers a platter of seasonal fruits at a tīrtha-side shrine, lamps flickering, with attendants and other pilgrims nearby; the atmosphere is hopeful and sanctified.

Characters & Entities

• Vasiṣṭha
• Nabhas (month)
• Śukla-paṃcamī
• Nāga-tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma links time (tithi), place (tīrtha), and simple offerings into a focused act of devotion believed to transform destiny.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Nāga-tīrtha, within the Arbuda-khaṇḍa sacred geography, as a site granting offspring through timed worship and bathing.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

On Nabhas month’s Śukla Pañcamī, perform pūjā with fruit offerings (phala-pūjā); the stated fruit is putra-lābha (offspring).