Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

दशवर्षसहस्राणि सह भर्त्रा प्रमोदते । प्रसूय तनयानष्टौ परं सुखमवाप्स्यति

Transliteration

daśavarṣasahasrāṇi saha bhartrā pramodate | prasūya tanayānaṣṭau paraṃ sukhamavāpsyati

Translation

Zehntausend Jahre wird sie sich mit ihrem Gatten erfreuen. Nachdem sie acht Söhne geboren hat, wird sie das höchste Glück erlangen.

Word by Word

• दशवर्षसहस्राणि: ten thousand years
• दशवर्षसहस्राणि: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Temporal extent/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दश-वर्ष-सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक; दश + वर्ष + सहस्र)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; काल-परिमाण (duration)

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment/सहकारक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-योगे अव्यय (adverb/preposition ‘together with’)

• भर्त्रा: with (her) husband
• भर्त्रा: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment/सहकारक)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भर्तृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• प्रमोदते: rejoices, delights
• प्रमोदते: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मुद् (हर्षे) + प्र (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• प्रसूय: having given birth
• प्रसूय: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √सू (प्रसवे) + प्र (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive)

• तनयान्: sons, children
• तनयान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• अष्टौ: eight
• अष्टौ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टन् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; संख्यावाचक विशेषण (agreeing with तनयान्)

• परम्: supreme, great
• परम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (agreeing with सुखम्)

• सुखम्: happiness
• सुखम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अवाप्स्यति: will obtain
• अवाप्स्यति: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √आप् (प्राप्तौ) + अव (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

A brāhmaṇa seer/astrologer (dvija) addressing the king (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A symbolic tableau of long marital bliss: a couple seated together in harmony, surrounded by eight sons as auspicious attendants; a time motif (garland of years) suggesting vast longevity and fulfillment.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma often frames worldly well-being—harmony in marriage and righteous progeny—as fruits of merit and right conduct.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No holy site is mentioned in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual instruction appears; the verse functions as a prognostication/blessing.