Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

तस्मात्ते भविता पुत्रो निजदेहसमुद्भवः । मत्प्रसादादसंदिग्धं चतुर्थे दिवसे प्रिये

Transliteration

tasmātte bhavitā putro nijadehasamudbhavaḥ | matprasādādasaṃdigdhaṃ caturthe divase priye

Translation

Ainsi, bien-aimée, tu auras assurément un fils, né de ton propre corps. Par ma grâce, sans aucun doute, ce sera le quatrième jour.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore / from that
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (तस्मात् = ‘therefore/from that’), तद्धित-प्रयोगवत्; here used as causal/conclusive particle

• ते: to you / for you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी/चतुर्थी एकवचन (Gen./Dat. sg. ‘of/for you’)

• भविता: will be / will come to be
• भविता: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future/भविष्यत्काल), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• पुत्रः: a son
• पुत्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• निजदेहसमुद्भवः: born from (your) own body
• निजदेहसमुद्भवः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निज (प्रातिपदिक) + देह (प्रातिपदिक) + समुद्भव (प्रातिपदिक; सम्+उद्+भू)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘from one’s own body’ + ‘born’) विशेषणम् पुत्रस्य

• मत्प्रसादात्: from my grace
• मत्प्रसादात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘my’ + ‘grace’)

• असंदिग्धम्: undoubtedly
• असंदिग्धम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: असंदिग्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययभावेन क्रियाविशेषणम् (neuter acc. sg. used adverbially)

• चतुर्थे: on the fourth
• चतुर्थे: Adhikarana (Location-Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्थ (प्रातिपदिक; क्रमवाचक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘in the fourth’ (agreeing with दिवसे)

• दिवसे: day
• दिवसे: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• प्रिये: O beloved
• प्रिये: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; संबोधन-प्रयोगः

Speaker

Śiva (Trinetra/Hara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis/pilgrims

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva promises Devī a son born from her own body, declaring with certainty that it will occur on the fourth day by his grace.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Pārvatī
• Vināyaka (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace (prasāda) removes doubt and brings destined fruition—here, the promise of progeny.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not a tīrtha-glorification verse; it belongs to the Arbuda-khaṇḍa narrative stream.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A time-marker is given (the fourth day), but no explicit sādhana or vrata is prescribed in this line.