Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

त्वया तस्याः सुतं दृष्ट्वा पुत्रवांछा कृता हृदि । तव गर्भगतो नूनं पुत्रः पुत्रि भविष्यति

Transliteration

tvayā tasyāḥ sutaṃ dṛṣṭvā putravāṃchā kṛtā hṛdi | tava garbhagato nūnaṃ putraḥ putri bhaviṣyati

Translation

Als du ihren Sohn sahst, erwachte in deinem Herzen der Wunsch nach einem Kind. Darum wird das Kind in deinem Schoß gewiss dein Sohn werden, o Tochter.

Word by Word

• tvayā: by you
• tvayā: Karana (Instrument/Agent in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति (instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• tasyāḥ: of her
• tasyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• sutam: son
• sutam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: suta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय-कृदन्त (gerund/absolutive): 'having seen'

• putravāṃchā: desire for a son
• putravāṃchā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक) + vāṃchā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (पुत्रस्य वाञ्छा)

• kṛtā: was made/arose
• kṛtā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (बुद्ध्या/वाञ्छा इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)

• hṛdi: in the heart
• hṛdi: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hṛd (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• tava: your
• tava: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• garbhagataḥ: gone into (your) womb; in the womb
• garbhagataḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: garbha (प्रातिपदिक) + gata (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (गर्भं गतः = 'gone into the womb')

• nūnam: surely
• nūnam: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nūnam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थक-निपातः (particle: 'surely')

• putraḥ: a son
• putraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• putri: a daughter
• putri: Karta (Predicate nominative/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (विधेय-नाम)

• bhaviṣyati: will become
• bhaviṣyati: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकारः (Simple Future), प्रथम-पुरुषः, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Aśarīriṇī Vāk (divine voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-tīrtha (episode tīrtha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Gautamī (addressed as 'putri')

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A celestial voice blesses Gautamī, indicating the child in her womb will be a son; she stands near the sacred waters, hands on her abdomen, expression shifting from fear to relief.

Characters & Entities

• Gautamī
• tīrtha boon
• son (putra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A heartfelt wish formed in a tīrtha setting becomes efficacious; divine speech reframes anxiety into assurance grounded in tīrtha-prabhāva.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

The Arbuda-region water-tīrtha whose power turns Gautamī’s inner longing into the boon of progeny.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The implied practice is tīrtha-connection (standing/bathing) combined with mental saṅkalpa; no separate external rite is specified in this verse.