Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 23

Devanagari script

सर्वासां च सपत्नीनां सौभाग्यं वाधिकं भवेत्

Transliteration

sarvāsāṃ ca sapatnīnāṃ saubhāgyaṃ vādhikaṃ bhavet

Translation

Y entre todas las coesposas, su fortuna auspiciosa llega a ser superior.

Word by Word

• सर्वासाम्: of all
• सर्वासाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन — Genitive plural (of all)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha/Connector (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय — ‘and’

• सपत्नीनाम्: of co-wives
• सपत्नीनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सपत्नी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन — Genitive plural

• सौभाग्यम्: good fortune
• सौभाग्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौभाग्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Nominative singular

• वा: or / indeed
• वा: Sambandha/Particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-अव्यय — ‘or/indeed’ (here: emphatic/alternative nuance)

• अधिकम्: greater
• अधिकम्: Visheshana (Predicate qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — predicate adjective

• भवेत्: would be / may become
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — Optative, 3rd sg

Speaker

Sūta (deduced: Purāṇic narration within Nāgara-khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Within a polygynous household, one wife shines with auspicious marks and confidence after Gaurī worship, subtly surpassing co-wives in fortune and regard.

Characters & Entities

• Gaurī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace gained through dharmic worship manifests as visible auspiciousness in worldly life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse belongs to a Nāgara-khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya setting; the immediate line highlights the fruit (phala) rather than naming the tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, continued Gaurī-pūjā as the cause of increased saubhāgya.