Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 165

Devanagari script

दुर्भगा सुभगत्वं च सुभगा पुत्रिणी भवेत् । पुत्रिण्यक्षयमाप्नोति न शोकं पश्यति क्वचित्

Transliteration

durbhagā subhagatvaṃ ca subhagā putriṇī bhavet | putriṇyakṣayamāpnoti na śokaṃ paśyati kvacit

Translation

La malchanceuse obtient la bonne fortune, et la chanceuse est bénie d’enfants. La mère atteint une prospérité inépuisable et ne voit la peine nulle part.

Word by Word

• दुर्भगा: an unfortunate woman
• दुर्भगा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्भग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• सुभगत्वम्: good fortune, becoming fortunate
• सुभगत्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुभगत्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

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

• सुभगा: a fortunate woman
• सुभगा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुभग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• पुत्रिणी: having a son/children
• पुत्रिणी: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुत्रिणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (सुभगा)

• भवेत्: would become
• भवेत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• पुत्रिणी: the woman with a son
• पुत्रिणी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्रिणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (understood subject: 'she who is पुत्रिणी')

• अक्षयम्: imperishable, inexhaustible
• अक्षयम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अक्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (फलम्/सौख्यम्—understood)

• आप्नोति: attains
• आप्नोति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• शोकम्: grief
• शोकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• पश्यति: sees, experiences
• पश्यति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• क्वचित्: ever, at any time/anywhere
• क्वचित्: Sambandha (Adverbial modifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्वचित् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देश/काल-अनिश्चितता (indefinite adverb: 'ever/anywhere')

Speaker

Nārada (context: phalaśruti of the vrata)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Madhu-vrata (saubhāgya and putra-phala) in Revā Khaṇḍa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sequence-like tableau: a sorrowful ‘durbhāgā’ woman becomes radiant; a couple receives a child; a mother stands serene, untouched by grief, under the blessing of the goddess.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Vrata-observance is portrayed as a purifier of karmic adversity, supporting household well-being, continuity, and freedom from grief.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā (Narmadā) sacred milieu frames the teaching; this verse itself praises the vow’s results more than a single site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new ritual step is added here; it continues the phalaśruti describing outcomes of the prescribed vow.