Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

पुत्रस्ते भविता सुभ्रु सर्वलोकमनोरमः । संपदश्च भविष्यंति प्राप्स्यते परमं पदम्

Transliteration

putraste bhavitā subhru sarvalokamanoramaḥ | saṃpadaśca bhaviṣyaṃti prāpsyate paramaṃ padam

Translation

O Schönbrauige, dir wird ein Sohn geboren werden, der alle Welten erfreut; Wohlstand wird sich einstellen, und der höchste Stand wird erlangt werden.

Word by Word

• पुत्रः: a son
• पुत्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative, 1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive, 6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• भविता: will be
• भविता: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद; परिप्रयोगे ‘भविता’ (will be)

• सुभ्रु: O fair-browed lady
• सुभ्रु: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु + भ्रू (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास: सु-भ्रूः (beautiful-browed); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• सर्वलोकमनोरमः: delightful to all worlds
• सर्वलोकमनोरमः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + लोक + मनोरम (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुष-समास: सर्वेषां लोकानां मनोरमः; पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• संपदः: prosperities, fortunes
• संपदः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संपद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative, 1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction) समुच्चय (and)

• भविष्यन्ति: will be
• भविष्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural), परस्मैपद

• प्राप्स्यते: will attain
• प्राप्स्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद

• परमम्: supreme
• परमम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative, 2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• पदम्: state/abode
• पदम्: Gati (Destination/गति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative, 2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Mahādevī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant child is shown as the promised son, surrounded by symbols of prosperity (grain, cows, gold) and a distant vision of the ‘supreme state’ as a luminous lotus-realm.

Characters & Entities

• putra (son)
• saṃpadaḥ (prosperity)
• paramaṃ padam (supreme state)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine blessings encompass worldly welfare and the highest spiritual goal when dharma is upheld.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned in this verse; it concludes a sequence of blessings.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated; the verse summarizes promised outcomes (prosperity and parama padam).