Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

न स्त्री वैधव्यमाप्नोति सांबादित्यस्य सेवनात् । वंध्या पुत्रं प्रसूयेत शुद्धरूपसमन्वितम्

Transliteration

na strī vaidhavyamāpnoti sāṃbādityasya sevanāt | vaṃdhyā putraṃ prasūyeta śuddharūpasamanvitam

Translation

Par le service dévot à Sāmbāditya, une femme ne tombe pas dans le veuvage ; et une femme stérile peut enfanter un fils doté d’une forme pure et de bon augure.

Word by Word

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (प्रतिषेध/Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय

• स्त्री: a woman
• स्त्री: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्त्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• वैधव्यम्: widowhood
• वैधव्यम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैधव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• आप्नोति: attains
• आप्नोति: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• सांबादित्यस्य: of Sāmba-Āditya
• सांबादित्यस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सांब + आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः

• सेवनात्: from serving (worship)
• सेवनात्: Hetu (हेतु/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सेवन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• वंध्या: a barren woman
• वंध्या: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वंध्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

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

• प्रसूयेत: would give birth
• प्रसूयेत: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र- सू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• शुद्धरूपसमन्वितम्: endowed with pure form
• शुद्धरूपसमन्वितम्: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुद्ध + रूप + समन्वित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (शुद्धं रूपं येन समन्वितः)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sāmbāditya-tīrtha (Sāmbakuṇḍa-associated)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Women devotees offer arghya and flowers to Sāmbāditya; one prays for her husband’s protection, another for conception; the sun’s rays are depicted as healing and blessing, with a calm shrine and kuṇḍa nearby.

Characters & Entities

• Sāmbāditya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇic tradition highlights deity-sevā as a source of protection, household auspiciousness, and continuity of family life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader passage is part of the Sāmbāditya/Sāmbakuṇḍa glorification in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No detailed rite is specified here; the emphasis is on sustained sevanā (devotional worship/service) of Sāmbāditya.