Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 79

Devanagari script

दिव्यनारी शुभाकारा शेषकाये बभौ शुभा । पूर्वं तस्याप्यपुत्रस्य राज्ञः पुत्रशतोपमा

Transliteration

divyanārī śubhākārā śeṣakāye babhau śubhā | pūrvaṃ tasyāpyaputrasya rājñaḥ putraśatopamā

Translation

Le reste de son corps devint une femme céleste, resplendissante et de bon augure. Jadis, pour ce roi privé de fils, elle eut la valeur de cent fils, par son mérite.

Word by Word

• divyanārī: a divine woman
• divyanārī: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: divyanārī (प्रातिपदिक) = divya + nārī
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (singular); समासः कर्मधारयः (divyā nārī)

• śubhākārā: of auspicious form
• śubhākārā: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śubhākāra (प्रातिपदिक) = śubha + ākāra
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (singular); विशेषणम्; समासः कर्मधारयः (śubhaḥ ākāraḥ yasyāḥ)

• śeṣakāye: in/on the remaining body
• śeṣakāye: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śeṣakāya (प्रातिपदिक) = śeṣa + kāya
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (singular); समासः तत्पुरुषः (śeṣaḥ kāyaḥ)

• babhau: appeared, shone
• babhau: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपदम्; धातुः भू (to shine/appear/be)

• śubhā: auspicious, beautiful
• śubhā: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śubhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (singular); विशेषणम्

• pūrvam: formerly
• pūrvam: Kāla (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pūrvam (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb: formerly/before)

• tasyāḥ: of her
• tasyāḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (singular); सर्वनाम

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-अर्थक-अव्यय (particle: also/even)

• aputrasya: sonless
• aputrasya: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aputra (प्रातिपदिक) = a- + putra
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (singular); विशेषणम् (rājñaḥ)

• rājñaḥ: of the king
• rājñaḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (singular)

• putraśatopamā: like a hundred sons (in value)
• putraśatopamā: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: putraśatopamā (प्रातिपदिक) = putra + śata + upamā
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (singular); विशेषणम् (divyanārī); समासः तत्पुरुषः (putraśatena upamā)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Naimiṣāraṇya sages (frame implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant celestial woman stands in the Siṃhala court, auspicious and luminous; the formerly sonless king beholds her as a living boon ‘equal to a hundred sons’, with courtiers offering respectful salutations.

Characters & Entities

• Śakaśṛṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A virtuous daughter is praised as equal to great progeny—dharma is upheld through auspicious character, not merely gender.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Indirectly, the Mahī–Sāgara-saṅgama tīrtha whose power enabled the transformation and auspicious outcome.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.