Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 72

Devanagari script

ततः स्वदेशराज्यं च प्राप निष्कण्टकं नृपः । पितास्याः पुत्रशतकं सा च लेभे सुताञ्छतम्

Transliteration

tataḥ svadeśarājyaṃ ca prāpa niṣkaṇṭakaṃ nṛpaḥ | pitāsyāḥ putraśatakaṃ sā ca lebhe sutāñchatam

Translation

Thereafter the king regained his own kingdom, free from all thorns—without enemies or troubles. And her father obtained a hundred sons, while she herself gave birth to a hundred sons.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: thereafter
• tataḥ: Adhikaraṇa (Temporal/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रम/कालवाचक-अव्यय (thereafter)

• sva-deśa-rājyam: his own kingdom
• sva-deśa-rājyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक) + deśa (प्रातिपदिक) + rājya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular); तत्पुरुषः (kingdom of one’s own country)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• prāpa: obtained
• prāpa: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: āp (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परस्मैपद), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (Perfect, 3rd person, Singular); उपसर्गः प्र-

• niṣkaṇṭakam: free of thorns (trouble-free)
• niṣkaṇṭakam: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: niṣkaṇṭaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular); विशेषणम् (qualifies rājyaṃ)

• nṛpaḥ: the king
• nṛpaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• pitā: the father
• pitā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• asyāḥ: of her
• asyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Genitive, Singular)

• putra-śatakam: a hundred sons
• putra-śatakam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक) + śataka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (a hundred of sons)

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Nominative, Singular)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

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

• sutān: sons
• sutān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: suta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Masculine, Accusative, Plural)

• śatam: a hundred
• śatam: Viśeṣaṇa (Quantifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular); संख्यावाचक (numeral)

Speaker

Śiva (deduced: instruction narrative continues; Devī questions begin at 74)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king returns to his capital with banners and peaceful streets; enemies are absent ('niṣkaṇṭaka'). In parallel, the devotee’s family is shown blessed with many sons—symbolic of abundance and continuity.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma performed with faith yields both worldly stability (a secure kingdom) and familial flourishing (progeny), illustrating vrata-phala.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, within the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya of the Skanda Purāṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new prescription here; it states the phala (result) of the previously described vrata.