Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

पुत्रं पौत्रगणैर्युक्तं पत्न्या भक्त्या सुतोषितः । धनदं जनयामास सर्वलक्षणलक्षितम्

Transliteration

putraṃ pautragaṇairyuktaṃ patnyā bhaktyā sutoṣitaḥ | dhanadaṃ janayāmāsa sarvalakṣaṇalakṣitam

Translation

Satisfait par la dévotion de son épouse, il engendra un fils—Dhanada—marqué de tous les signes favorables, et entouré d’une lignée florissante de descendants.

Word by Word

• पुत्रम्: a son
• पुत्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पौत्रगणैः: with groups of grandsons
• पौत्रगणैः: Sahakārī/Hetu (Accompaniment/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पौत्र+गण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (पौत्राणां गणः); पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन

• युक्तम्: endowed/connected
• युक्तम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युज् (धातु) → युक्त (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (पुत्रम्)

• पत्न्या: by/with (his) wife
• पत्न्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पत्नी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सुतोषितः: well-pleased/satisfied
• सुतोषितः: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु+तुष् (धातु) → सुतोषित (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• धनदम्: Dhanada (Kubera)
• धनदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (धनं ददाति इति); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• जनयामास: begot/produced
• जनयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु, णिच्)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative: caused to be born/begot)

• सर्वलक्षणलक्षितम्: marked by all auspicious signs
• सर्वलक्षणलक्षितम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व+लक्षण+लक्षित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (सर्वैः लक्षणैः लक्षितम्); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (धनदम्)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Viśravā, pleased by his wife’s devotion, begets Dhanada (Kubera), a child with auspicious marks; the scene conveys domestic sanctity and divine favor.

Characters & Entities

• Dhanada (Kubera)
• Viśravā
• wife (unnamed here)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion within dharmic household life is honored as a cause for auspicious outcomes and noble progeny.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular tīrtha is named; the narrative sits within the Revā Khaṇḍa’s sacred landscape context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse emphasizes bhakti (devoted conduct) as dharma.