Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

अपुत्रो लभते पुत्रान्निर्धनो धनमाप्नुयात् । आयुरारोग्यमैश्वर्यं लभते नात्र संशयः

Transliteration

aputro labhate putrānnirdhano dhanamāpnuyāt | āyurārogyamaiśvaryaṃ labhate nātra saṃśayaḥ

Translation

Celui qui est sans enfant obtient des enfants; le pauvre acquiert la richesse. Longue vie, santé et prospérité sont obtenues—sans aucun doute.

Word by Word

• अपुत्रः: a sonless man
• अपुत्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अ + पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नञ्-समासार्थ (negation: 'without a son')

• लभते: obtains
• लभते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• पुत्रान्: sons
• पुत्रान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• निर्धनः: a poor man
• निर्धनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निः + धन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; उपसर्गनिषेधार्थ (poor/without wealth)

• धनम्: wealth
• धनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• आप्नुयात्: would obtain
• आप्नुयात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• आयुः: long life
• आयुः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (फलत्रयस्य प्रथमम्)

• आरोग्यम्: health
• आरोग्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आरोग्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ऐश्वर्यम्: prosperity, lordship
• ऐश्वर्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऐश्वर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• लभते: obtains
• लभते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation/प्रतिषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (negation particle)

• अत्र: here, in this matter
• अत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb of place)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified (narrator addressing a king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Deva-majjānaka

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King; also ‘householders’ implied by the boons listed

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devotees at a sacred waterbody performing snāna and offering arghya; a household couple prays for a child; a poor man receives alms; the scene radiates ‘āyur-ārogya-aiśvarya’.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Puranic dharma frames devotion and sacred hearing as sources of both worldly wellbeing and auspicious fortune.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The benefits are stated within the Dharmāraṇya/Deva-majjānaka māhātmya setting rather than naming a new tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied prescription is śravaṇa (listening) to the māhātmya, which is said to grant these results.