Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 68

Devanagari script

चक्षुःप्राप्तिं तथा राज्यं श्वशुरस्य महात्मनः । पितुः पुत्रशतं चैव पुत्राणां शतमात्मनः

Transliteration

cakṣuḥprāptiṃ tathā rājyaṃ śvaśurasya mahātmanaḥ | pituḥ putraśataṃ caiva putrāṇāṃ śatamātmanaḥ

Translation

Elle demanda le recouvrement de la vue et du royaume pour son beau-père au grand cœur ; pour son père, cent fils ; et pour elle-même, cent fils dans la lignée de ses fils.

Word by Word

• चक्षुःप्राप्तिम्: recovery of sight
• चक्षुःप्राप्तिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्षुस् + प्राप्ति (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (चक्षुषः प्राप्तिः)

• तथा: also; likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/प्रकार-अव्यय (also/likewise)

• राज्यम्: kingdom
• राज्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• श्वशुरस्य: of the father-in-law
• श्वशुरस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्वशुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• महात्मनः: of the great-souled
• महात्मनः: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘श्वशुरस्य’)

• पितुः: of (her) father
• पितुः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पुत्रशतम्: a hundred sons
• पुत्रशतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र + शत (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (शतं पुत्राणाम्)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• पुत्राणाम्: of sons
• पुत्राणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• शतम्: a hundred
• शतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; संख्यावाचक (numeral)

• आत्मनः: for herself; of herself
• आत्मनः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (listing Sāvitrī’s boons; Sāvitrī as requester implied)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (ṛṣi audience, contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sāvitrī enumerates boons: her father-in-law’s sight and kingdom, her father’s hundred sons, and her own hundred sons through her sons—Yama listens, measuring dharma and compassion.

Characters & Entities

• Sāvitrī
• Father-in-law (Dyumatsena, implied)
• Father (Aśvapati, implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma-oriented requests seek welfare for elders and continuity of righteous lineage, not merely personal gain.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader glorification is of Prabhāsakṣetra, where such dharmic exempla are celebrated in the māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it enumerates the boons requested.