Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 70

Devanagari script

गुर्विणी च शुभं पुत्रं लभते सुचिरायुषम् । ब्राह्मणो लभते विद्यां सर्वसौभाग्यदायिनीम्

Transliteration

gurviṇī ca śubhaṃ putraṃ labhate sucirāyuṣam | brāhmaṇo labhate vidyāṃ sarvasaubhāgyadāyinīm

Translation

A pregnant woman gives birth to an auspicious son endowed with long life. A brāhmaṇa attains knowledge that bestows every kind of good fortune.

Word by Word

• गुर्विणी: a pregnant woman
• गुर्विणी: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुर्विणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• शुभम्: auspicious, good
• शुभम्: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण

• पुत्रम्: son
• पुत्रम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• लभते: obtains
• लभते: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• सुचिरायुषम्: long-lived
• सुचिरायुषम्: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-चिर-आयुस् (प्रातिपदिक; सु + चिर + आयुस्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण

• ब्राह्मणः: a Brahmin
• ब्राह्मणः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• लभते: obtains
• लभते: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• विद्याम्: knowledge, learning
• विद्याम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विद्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• सर्वसौभाग्यदायिनीम्: bestowing all good fortune
• सर्वसौभाग्यदायिनीम्: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व-सौभाग्य-दायिनी (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + सौभाग्य + दायिनी)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण

Speaker

Skanda (contextual attribution within Kāśīkhaṇḍa narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pregnant devotee offering lamps and flowers at a Kāśī shrine, with a blessing gesture from a priest; nearby, a brāhmaṇa student recites Veda by the riverside, symbolizing vidyā and saubhāgya.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Merit generated through dharmic observance in Kāśī is portrayed as supporting both worldly welfare (progeny) and higher goods (vidyā).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), implicitly as the place where the vrata’s fruits are proclaimed.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription here; it continues listing the promised fruits of the chapter’s vrata.