Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

धनं धान्यं गृहे तस्या न कदाचित्क्षयं व्रजेत् । दुःखिता दुर्भगा दीना सप्त जन्मानि नो भवेत्

Transliteration

dhanaṃ dhānyaṃ gṛhe tasyā na kadācitkṣayaṃ vrajet | duḥkhitā durbhagā dīnā sapta janmāni no bhavet

Translation

In ihrem Haus geraten Reichtum und Korn niemals in Verfall. Sie wird weder kummervoll noch unglücklich noch mittellos werden — selbst nicht über sieben Geburten hinweg.

Word by Word

• dhanam: wealth
• dhanam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Nominative, Singular)

• dhānyam: grain, provisions
• dhānyam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhānya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Nominative, Singular)

• gṛhe: in (her) house
• gṛhe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gṛha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Locative, Singular)

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

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation)

• kadācit: ever
• kadācit: Sambandha (Time/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kadācit (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time: ever/at any time)

• kṣayam: decrease, loss
• kṣayam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Accusative, Singular)

• vrajet: should go to / reach
• vrajet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vraj (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद (Optative, 3rd person, Singular, Parasmaipada)

• duḥkhitā: unhappy, afflicted
• duḥkhitā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: duḥkhita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Nominative, Singular)

• durbhagā: unfortunate
• durbhagā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: durbhaga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Nominative, Singular)

• dīnā: poor, wretched
• dīnā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dīna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Nominative, Singular)

• sapta: seven
• sapta: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sapta (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययवत् संख्या)
• Form: संख्यावाचक (numeral), अव्ययवत्; 'जन्मानि' विशेषण (numeral adjective)

• janmāni: births, lives
• janmāni: Karma (Extent/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: janman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Plural)

• no: not
• no: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: naḥ (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: निपात; अत्र 'न' इत्यर्थे (particle used as negation: 'not')

• bhavet: would be
• bhavet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद (Optative, 3rd person, Singular, Parasmaipada)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (deduced from immediate chapter context of Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya discourse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (vrata-phala context)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A blessing tableau: a devoted woman completing Devī-vrata; granaries full, wealth secure, family protected across births—symbolic seven lamps for seven births.

Characters & Entities

• Mahākālī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion performed in a praised sacred context yields both dharmic uplift and tangible stability—prosperity, protection, and relief from misfortune.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, within the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya of the Skanda Purāṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is stated here; it is a results-verse (phalaśruti) describing the fruits of the associated Mahākālī-related observance described in the chapter.