Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 54
न कुले जायते तस्य दरिद्रो दुःखितोऽपिवा । अपुत्रो लभते पुत्रान्वन्ध्या पुत्रवती भवेत्
na kule jāyate tasya daridro duḥkhito'pivā | aputro labhate putrānvandhyā putravatī bhavet
In that person’s lineage, neither poverty nor sorrow arises. The childless obtain sons, and even a barren woman becomes blessed with children.
Īśvara (Śiva) (contextual attribution within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Someśvara)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Inquirer addressed as beneficiary of instruction
Scene: A family at a Śiva shrine in Prabhāsa: the formerly childless couple praying, elders blessing, and the imagery of poverty and sorrow receding—broken shack replaced by a stable home, lamps lit, offerings arranged.
FAQs
Śiva-worship performed as prescribed brings worldly well-being (freedom from misery) and supports dharmic household life through prosperity and progeny.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra, especially the sphere of Someśvara worship described in the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya.
The verse states the fruits; it is tied to the Somavāra-vrata and Someśvara devotion described in the surrounding passage.
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