Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

पुत्रदारगृहक्षेत्र धनधान्यसमुद्भवम् । जनयेत्स महामोहं ततः पश्यति नो हरम्

Transliteration

putradāragṛhakṣetra dhanadhānyasamudbhavam | janayetsa mahāmohaṃ tataḥ paśyati no haram

Translation

ويُولِّد وهماً عظيماً ناشئاً من الأولاد والزوجة والبيت والحقول والمال والحبوب؛ ثم لا يعود الرجل يُبصر هارا (شيفا).

Word by Word

• पुत्रदारगृहक्षेत्रधनधान्यसमुद्भवम्: that which arises from sons, wife, house, land, wealth, grain
• पुत्रदारगृहक्षेत्रधनधान्यसमुद्भवम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र + दार + गृह + क्षेत्र + धन + धान्य + समुद्भव (प्रातिपदिक-समूह; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular); बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः—‘पुत्र-दार-गृह-क्षेत्र-धन-धान्य-समुद्भवम्’ = (पुत्रादिभ्यः) समुद्भवम्

• जनयेत्: would produce, generates
• जनयेत्: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु) [णिच्]
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (3rd singular); णिजन्त (causative sense: ‘cause to be born/produce’)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• महामोहम्: great delusion
• महामोहम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + मोह (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः ‘महान् मोहः’

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (ablatival adverb: ‘thereupon/from that’)

• पश्यति: sees
• पश्यति: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (3rd singular)

• न: not
• न: Negation
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• उ: indeed, at all
• उ: Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic particle)

• हरम्: Hara (Śiva)
• हरम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Accusative, Singular)

Speaker

Narrative voice (speaker not explicit in this verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsakṣetra (Somnātha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (addressed later as Deveśī/Mahādevī) and/or assembled sages (frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim stands at the threshold of Somnātha; behind him loom symbolic forms of child, spouse, house, fields, granary and coins as shadowy chains; ahead, Hara’s liṅga radiates, partially veiled by a mist labeled ‘moha’.

Characters & Entities

• Hara (Śiva)
• Somanātha (implied by context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worldly attachments can eclipse the vision of Śiva; detachment and devotion enable true darśana.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra—particularly Somanātha, where Hara is worshipped.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is stated; the verse gives a dharmic diagnosis of why pilgrimage and darśana fail.