Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 90

Devanagari script

सोपि सारस्वतो विप्रः पुत्रं पूर्वसुतो त्तमम् । लेभे देव्याः प्रसादेन ह्यचिरादेव कालतः

Transliteration

sopi sārasvato vipraḥ putraṃ pūrvasuto ttamam | lebhe devyāḥ prasādena hyacirādeva kālataḥ

Translation

That brāhmaṇa of the Sārasvata line too soon obtained a son—an excellent child like the former—by the Goddess’s grace, in no long time.

Word by Word

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

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-निपात (also/even)

• sārasvataḥ: Sārasvata (of Sarasvatī lineage)
• sārasvataḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sārasvata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; गोत्र/सम्बन्धविशेषण

• vipraḥ: brahmin
• vipraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• putram: a son
• putram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• pūrva-suta-uttamam: an excellent son as before
• pūrva-suta-uttamam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pūrva (प्रातिपदिक) + suta (प्रातिपदिक) + uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (पूर्ववत् सुतः उत्तमः—‘as before, an excellent son’)

• lebhe: obtained
• lebhe: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: labh (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• devyāḥ: of the goddess
• devyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• prasādena: by grace
• prasādena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prasāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अव्यय; निश्चयार्थक

• acirāt: soon
• acirāt: Kala-adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: acira (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावार्थे तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb): ‘in a short time’

• eva: certainly
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक निपात (emphatic particle)

• kālataḥ: after some time / from time
• kālataḥ: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual, likely Sūta’s narration within the frame)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Audience within the frame (unspecified)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Sārasvata brāhmaṇa receives a newborn son; family rejoices with restrained sanctity, remembering Devī’s boon.

Characters & Entities

• Sārasvata Vipra
• Devī
• Prasāda

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional merit and divine favor can quickly restore what karma seemed to deny, showing the purāṇic theme of grace transforming destiny.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is specified in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None is stated; the result is attributed to the Goddess’s prasāda.