Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 168
Devanagari script
सुभगा रूपसम्पन्ना पार्थिवं जनयेत्सुतम्
Transliteration
subhagā rūpasampannā pārthivaṃ janayetsutam
Translation
Elle devient heureuse et parée de beauté, et elle enfante un fils de lignée royale.
Word by Word
सुभगाfortunate, auspicious
सुभगा:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootसुभग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन; विशेषण (implied subject ‘she’)
रूपbeauty, form
रूप:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootरूप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन; समासपूर्वपद
सम्पन्नाendowed (with), possessed of
सम्पन्ना:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootसम्पन्न (प्रातिपदिक; √पद्/पन्न क्त)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण; समस्तपद: रूप-सम्पन्ना (‘endowed with beauty’)
पार्थिवम्royal
पार्थिवम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootपार्थिव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘sutam’)
जनयेत्would give birth to, would produce
जनयेत्:
Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootजन् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष-एकवचन, परस्मैपद; causative sense in usage ‘to beget/produce’
सुतम्son, child
सुतम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootसुत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-एकवचन (Accusative Singular)
Speaker
Nārada
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha-mahātmyam (contextual)
Type: river
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: Queen/auspicious lady
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A queenly woman radiant with auspicious marks (saubhāgya-lakṣaṇa), attended by women, later holding a royal infant prince; palace setting with subtle river symbolism.
FAQs
The vow is praised as a source of auspicious qualities—outer beauty and inner fortune—culminating in blessed lineage.
Not specified in this line; it belongs to the Revā Khaṇḍa’s Narmadā-region discourse.
No ritual detail is stated here; it continues the results of the vow.