Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 69

Devanagari script

पुत्रलाभवरं तस्मै प्रतिजज्ञे नृपाय वै । स राज्ञो वरदः श्रीमान्कौशांबीमेत्य सादरम्

Transliteration

putralābhavaraṃ tasmai pratijajñe nṛpāya vai | sa rājño varadaḥ śrīmānkauśāṃbīmetya sādaram

Translation

Jenem König versprach er wahrlich die Gnade, einen Sohn zu erlangen. Daraufhin kam der ruhmreiche Spender von Segnungen ehrerbietig nach Kauśāmbī zum König.

Word by Word

• पुत्रलाभवरम्: a boon of obtaining a son
• पुत्रलाभवरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra-lābha-vara (प्रातिपदिक; putra ‘son’ + lābha ‘attainment’ + vara ‘boon’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन (accusative singular)

• तस्मै: to him
• तस्मै: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (dative singular)

• प्रतिजज्ञे: promised
• प्रतिजज्ञे: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: prati-√jñā (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/लिट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• नृपाय: to the king
• नृपाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन (dative singular)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (nominative singular)

• राज्ञः: of the king
• राज्ञः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन (genitive singular)

• वरदः: boon-giver
• वरदः: Karta (Apposition/समनाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara-da (प्रातिपदिक; vara ‘boon’ + da ‘giver’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (nominative singular)

• श्रीमान्: splendid, illustrious
• श्रीमान्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śrīmat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषण (nominative singular)

• कौशाम्बीम्: to Kauśāmbī
• कौशाम्बीम्: Karma (Goal as object with motion verb/गत्यर्थक-कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kauśāmbī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन (accusative singular; place-name)

• एत्य: having gone/come
• एत्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √i (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive)

• सादरम्: respectfully
• सादरम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sa-ādara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण द्वितीया-एकवचन नपुंसक (adverbial accusative)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual, within Setukhaṇḍa narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kauśāmbī (as kṣetra-context)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śāṇḍilya, radiant and composed, declares the boon; then the sage journeys toward Kauśāmbī, welcomed by royal retinue at the city gates or palace courtyard.

Characters & Entities

• Kauśāmbī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A righteous seeker approaches a saint, and the saint’s compassionate promise becomes a vehicle for dharmic fulfillment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kauśāmbī is named as a key locale in the narrative; the Setukhaṇḍa frame ultimately connects to the sanctity of Setu/Rāmeśvara.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Not yet; the verse foreshadows the means (rite) by which the boon will be realized.