Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

सप्तजन्मसहस्राणि गृहभंगं न चाप्नुयात् । दरिद्रो विकलो दीनो नांधस्तस्या भवेत्पतिः

Transliteration

saptajanmasahasrāṇi gṛhabhaṃgaṃ na cāpnuyāt | daridro vikalo dīno nāṃdhastasyā bhavetpatiḥ

Translation

Sie wird über siebentausend Geburten hinweg keinen Zerfall ihres Hauses erleiden. Ihr Gatte wird weder arm noch verkrüppelt, weder elend noch blind sein.

Word by Word

• saptajanmasahasrāṇi: (for) seven thousand births
• saptajanmasahasrāṇi: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sapta (सप्त) + janma (जन्मन्) + sahasra (सहस्र)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; कालपरिमाणवाचक (for seven-thousand births)

• gṛhabhaṅgam: destruction of the house/home
• gṛhabhaṅgam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gṛha (गृह) + bhaṅga (भङ्ग)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (गृहस्य भङ्गः)

• na: not
• na: Negation (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (न अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात (negation)

• ca: and
• ca: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (च अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

• āpnuyāt: should obtain, would meet with
• āpnuyāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: āp (आप् धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• daridraḥ: poor
• daridraḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: daridra (दरिद्र प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (पतिः)

• vikalaḥ: disabled, impaired
• vikalaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vikala (विकल प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (पतिः)

• dīnaḥ: wretched, miserable
• dīnaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dīna (दीन प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (पतिः)

• na: not
• na: Negation (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (न अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात

• andhaḥ: blind
• andhaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: andha (अन्ध प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (पतिः)

• tasyāḥ: of her
• tasyāḥ: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

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

• patiḥ: husband
• patiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pati (पति प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrative voice (Māhātmya passage; speaker not explicit in this verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kanyā-saras

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A virtuous woman completes her bath at Kanyā-saras; behind her, a symbolic vision shows a stable home across lifetimes and a healthy, prosperous husband—an allegory of the tīrtha’s phala.

Characters & Entities

• Kanyā-saras (implied context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha practice is presented as supporting gṛhastha-dharma—protecting household well-being and marital prosperity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues the praise of Sukanyā-saraḥ/Kanyā-saras in Prabhāsa kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The implied practice is bathing at the praised tīrtha; this verse states the resulting blessings (phala).