Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 87

Devanagari script

देव्युवाच । तस्यान्यो मत्प्रसादेन भविष्यति सुतोत्तमः । विद्या विनयसंपन्नो दीर्घायुरमलाशयः

Transliteration

devyuvāca | tasyānyo matprasādena bhaviṣyati sutottamaḥ | vidyā vinayasaṃpanno dīrghāyuramalāśayaḥ

Translation

The Goddess said: “By my grace, another excellent son will be born to him—endowed with learning and good conduct, long-lived, and pure in heart.”

Word by Word

• devī: the goddess
• devī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• anyaḥ: another
• anyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• mat-prasādena: by my grace
• mat-prasādena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + prasāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (मम प्रसादः)

• bhaviṣyati: will be
• bhaviṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• suta-uttamaḥ: an excellent son
• suta-uttamaḥ: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: suta (प्रातिपदिक) + uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (उत्तमः सुतः)

• vidyā: (having) learning
• vidyā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vidyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; (पाठे ‘vidyā’ इति, विशेषणार्थे ‘विद्यावान्’ भावः)

• vinaya-saṃpannaḥ: endowed with humility
• vinaya-saṃpannaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vinaya (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃpanna (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, √pad/√pād ‘to attain’, भूतकृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (विनयेन संपन्नः)

• dīrgha-āyuḥ: long-lived
• dīrgha-āyuḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dīrgha (प्रातिपदिक) + āyus (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (दीर्घम् आयुः यस्य)

• amala-āśayaḥ: pure-minded
• amala-āśayaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: amala (प्रातिपदिक) + āśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (अमलः आशयः यस्य)

Speaker

Devī (the Goddess)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājā and the gathered people (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Goddess speaks a boon: a luminous Devī appears, right hand in varada-mudrā, promising an excellent son with auspicious attributes.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Prasāda (grace)
• Sutottama (excellent son)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace (prasāda) can reverse misfortune and bestow auspicious outcomes, especially when aligned with devotion and dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific sacred site is mentioned in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is prescribed; the emphasis is on the Goddess’s anugraha (favor).