Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 70

Devanagari script

पुत्रेष्ट्या पुत्रकामस्य याजकोऽभून्महामुनिः । ततो मुनिप्रसादेन राजा दशरथोपमः

Transliteration

putreṣṭyā putrakāmasya yājako'bhūnmahāmuniḥ | tato muniprasādena rājā daśarathopamaḥ

Translation

Pour le roi désireux d’un fils, le grand muni devint le prêtre officiant du sacrifice Putreṣṭi. Alors, par la grâce du sage, le roi devint semblable à Daśaratha, comblé de descendance.

Word by Word

• पुत्रेष्ट्या: by the putreṣṭi sacrifice
• पुत्रेष्ट्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra-iṣṭi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन (instrumental singular)

• पुत्रकामस्य: of (the one) desiring a son
• पुत्रकामस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: putra-kāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; विशेषण (genitive singular)

• याजकः: officiating priest
• याजकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yājaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (nominative singular)

• अभूत्: became/was
• अभूत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist/लुङ्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• महामुनिः: the great sage
• महामुनिः: Karta (Apposition/समनाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā-muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (nominative singular)

• ततः: then/thereupon
• ततः: Desha-Kala (Temporal/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रम/हेतु/अपादानार्थे (adverb: then/thereupon)

• मुनिप्रसादेन: by the sage’s grace
• मुनिप्रसादेन: Karana (Instrument/Cause/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni-prasāda (प्रातिपदिक; muni ‘sage’ + prasāda ‘grace’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन (instrumental singular)

• राजा: the king
• राजा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (nominative singular)

• दशरथोपमः: like Daśaratha
• दशरथोपमः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: daśaratha-upama (प्रातिपदिक; Daśaratha + upama ‘like’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषण (nominative singular)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual, within Setukhaṇḍa narration)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A grand Putreṣṭi sacrifice: fire altar blazing, priests chanting, Śāṇḍilya as chief officiant, the king offering oblations with focused devotion; auspicious smoke rising straight.

Characters & Entities

• Putreṣṭi
• Daśaratha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharmic rites performed under a realized priest, joined with grace (prasāda), are portrayed as efficacious for legitimate worldly aims.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is praised in this verse; it is a ritual-narrative segment within the Setukhaṇḍa frame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Putreṣṭi-yajña (a sacrifice undertaken for obtaining progeny), with the sage serving as yājaka (officiant).