Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

यस्तां पूजयते भक्त्या स सौभाग्यमवाप्नुयात् । अन्यजन्मनि देवेशि नात्र कार्या विचारणा

Transliteration

yastāṃ pūjayate bhaktyā sa saubhāgyamavāpnuyāt | anyajanmani deveśi nātra kāryā vicāraṇā

Translation

مَن يعبدُها بتفانٍ وإخلاصٍ ينَلْ السَّوبهاجيا، أي السعادة والبركة؛ حتى في ميلادٍ آخر، يا سيّدةَ الآلهة، لا حاجةَ هنا لشكٍّ ولا لتردّدٍ أو نظرٍ طويل.

Word by Word

• yaḥ: who (he)
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; relative pronoun

• tām: her
• tām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; demonstrative pronoun referring to the goddess

• pūjayate: worships
• pūjayate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √pūj (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• bhaktyā: with devotion
• bhaktyā: Karana (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन; instrumental of manner

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

• saubhāgyam: good fortune
• saubhāgyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saubhāgya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

• avāpnuyāt: would obtain
• avāpnuyāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ava-√āp (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• anya-janmani: in another birth
• anya-janmani: Adhikarana (Time/State)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक) + janman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन; locative of time/state

• deveśi: O goddess, ruler of gods
• deveśi: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक) + īśī/īśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (देवानाम् ईशी); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th case), एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Avyaya (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• atra: here/in this matter
• atra: Adhikarana (Locative sense)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• kāryā: to be done/necessary
• kāryā: Kriya (Predicative complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kārya (प्रातिपदिक; √kṛ + यत्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; predicate adjective agreeing with vicāraṇā (understood: 'is to be done')

• vicāraṇā: consideration, deliberation
• vicāraṇā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vicāraṇā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gaurī (Saubhāgya-dāyinī)

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devēśī/Mahādevī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devotees—especially couples and women seeking auspiciousness—offer flowers and lamps to Gaurī; Devī’s compassionate gaze; a subtle motif of rebirth (a turning wheel or successive life scenes) indicates ‘anyajanmani’ fruit.

Characters & Entities

• Gaurī/Saubhāgyeśvarī
• Pārvatī (deveśī as addressee)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional worship of the Goddess is affirmed as a lasting merit (puṇya) that can bear fruit even across lifetimes.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Saubhāgyeśvarī/Gaurī shrine-area in Prabhāsa Kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bhakti-yukta pūjā (devotional worship) of the Goddess; the promised result is saubhāgya.