Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

अन्यदेहोद्भवं कर्म मम सर्वं प्रकीर्त्तय । ईदृशं मम सौभाग्यं पतिर्देवसुतोपमः

Transliteration

anyadehodbhavaṃ karma mama sarvaṃ prakīrttaya | īdṛśaṃ mama saubhāgyaṃ patirdevasutopamaḥ

Translation

«Déclare-moi toutes les actions qui, issues d’un corps antérieur, sont miennes. Comment se fait-il que je possède une telle fortune — un époux semblable à un fils des dieux ?»

Word by Word

• अन्य-देह-उद्भवम्: arisen from another body (past life)
• अन्य-देह-उद्भवम्: Karma (Object-Qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक) + देह (प्रातिपदिक) + उद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः ‘अन्यस्मिन् देहे उद्भवम्’ = arising from another body (i.e., previous birth)

• कर्म: deed, karma
• कर्म: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Karma (Object-Qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; ‘कर्म’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• प्रकीर्तय: tell, recount
• प्रकीर्तय: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + कीर्त् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ईदृशम्: such, of this kind
• ईदृशम्: Karma (Object-Qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ईदृश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; ‘सौभाग्यम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• सौभाग्यम्: good fortune
• सौभाग्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौभाग्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• पतिः: husband
• पतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• देव-सुत-उपमः: like a divine son
• देव-सुत-उपमः: Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + सुत (प्रातिपदिक) + उपम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः ‘देवसुतस्य उपमः’ = like a son of the gods

Speaker

Indumatī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (Implied) audience of the māhātmya; within story: the sage addressed by the woman

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A noble woman, astonished at her own saubhāgya, respectfully questions a sage about deeds from a former birth; the setting evokes a sacred coastal tīrtha atmosphere of Prabhāsa.

Characters & Entities

• Indumatī
• pati (husband)
• devasuta (son of the gods)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Present blessings are portrayed as fruits of prior actions; Purāṇic dharma links fortune (saubhāgya) to karma shaped across lives.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The teaching is embedded in the Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya, where sacred place and dharma narratives interweave.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite appears; the verse introduces karmic causality behind auspicious outcomes.