Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

किं पुनर्यौवनोपेता सौभाग्येन समन्विता । पुत्रसौख्यवती नारी देव्या वै दर्शनेन च

Transliteration

kiṃ punaryauvanopetā saubhāgyena samanvitā | putrasaukhyavatī nārī devyā vai darśanena ca

Translation

À plus forte raison, une femme dans la plénitude de la jeunesse, comblée de bonne fortune, obtiendra la joie des enfants, et recevra aussi la bénédiction qui vient du darśana, la vision même de la Déesse.

Word by Word

• किम्: what (then)
• किम्: Discourse (rhetorical)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययप्रयोग (interrogative particle; 'what then?')

• पुनः: all the more
• पुनः: Discourse (intensifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, पुनरुक्ति/अधिक्यार्थक (further/more so)

• यौवन-उपेता: endowed with youth
• यौवन-उपेता: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यौवन (प्रातिपदिक) + उपेत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (यौवनेन उपेता = endowed with youth); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• सौभाग्येन: with good fortune
• सौभाग्येन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौभाग्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• समन्विता: endowed/possessed
• समन्विता: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + अन्वि (धातु) → समन्वित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• पुत्र-सौख्य-वती: having the joy of sons
• पुत्र-सौख्य-वती: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + सौख्य (प्रातिपदिक) + वत् (प्रत्यय)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास + वतुप् (पुत्रसौख्यं यस्याः = having the happiness of sons); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• नारी: a woman
• नारी: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• देव्याः: of the Goddess
• देव्याः: Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन

• वै: indeed
• वै: Emphasis
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निपात (emphasis)

• दर्शनेन: by (her) seeing/vision
• दर्शनेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयार्थक

Speaker

Narrative voice (contextual Purāṇic narrator; explicit speaker not in this verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A youthful woman, adorned yet modest, stands before the Devī with folded hands; behind her are symbols of household prosperity and children; the Devī’s gaze conveys blessing through mere sight.

Characters & Entities

• Devī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Darśana of the Goddess at a sanctified place is celebrated as a direct source of auspiciousness and household well-being.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse remains within the Dhārātīrtha-related māhātmya setting in Nāgara Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new procedure is added here; the verse intensifies the promised fruit, especially through Devī-darśana.