Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

गौर्युवाच । यो मामत्र स्थितां पश्येन्नारी वा पुरुषोऽथ वा । स भूयात्सुतसौभाग्यैः सप्तजन्मानि संयुतः

Transliteration

gauryuvāca | yo māmatra sthitāṃ paśyennārī vā puruṣo'tha vā | sa bhūyātsutasaubhāgyaiḥ saptajanmāni saṃyutaḥ

Translation

Gaurī dit : « Quiconque, femme ou homme, me voit ici tandis que je demeure en ce lieu sacré, sera doté de la bonne fortune des enfants durant sept naissances. »

Word by Word

• gaurī: Gaurī
• gaurī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaurī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन — Feminine, Nominative Singular

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धा. √वच्)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — Perfect, 3rd person singular

• yaḥ: whoever
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative Singular; यः-तर्हि सम्बन्धः

• mām: me
• mām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग/उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, द्वितीया एकवचन — Accusative Singular “me”

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण) — adverb “here”

• sthitām: standing, situated
• sthitām: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sthā (धा. √स्था) → sthita (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (भूतकर्मणि/भूतभावे), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचन — Past participle used adjectivally, Feminine Accusative Singular (qualifying mām)

• paśyet: should see
• paśyet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धा. √दृश्)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (सम्भावना/आदेश), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — Optative, 3rd person singular

• nārī: a woman
• nārī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nārī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन — Feminine, Nominative Singular (alternative subject)

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha (Disjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (विकल्पार्थक) — disjunctive particle “or”

• puruṣaḥ: a man
• puruṣaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puruṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative Singular (alternative subject)

• atha: and/then
• atha: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/अनन्तरार्थक-निपात) — particle “and/then”

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha (Disjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (विकल्पार्थक) — disjunctive particle “or”

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative Singular

• bhūyāt: may become
• bhūyāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धा. √भू)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (आशीर्लिङ्-सदृशः), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — Optative/benedictive sense, 3rd person singular “may he become”

• suta-saubhāgyaiḥ: with the good fortune of sons
• suta-saubhāgyaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: suta + saubhāgya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया बहुवचन — Neuter, Instrumental Plural; हेतु/साधनभावे “with/through good fortune of sons”

• sapta: seven
• sapta: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sapta (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्या-विशेषणम्; नपुंसकलिङ्ग-द्वितीया बहुवचनस्य (janmāni) विशेषणम् — numeral adjective “seven”

• janmāni: births, lifetimes
• janmāni: Karma (Extent/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: janman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया बहुवचन — Neuter, Accusative Plural (duration/extent)

• saṃyutaḥ: endowed, joined with
• saṃyutaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam + yuj (धा. √युज्) → saṃyuta (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन — Past participle, Masculine Nominative Singular (qualifying saḥ)

Speaker

Gaurī (Pārvatī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gaurī-sthāna in Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Gaurī speaks a clear phala-śruti: any woman or man who beholds her in that place gains the good fortune of children for seven births; the scene centers on the Goddess as a compassionate granter of santāna-saubhāgya, with pilgrims approaching for darśana.

Characters & Entities

• Gaurī
• Prabhāsakṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Darśana (reverent seeing) of the Goddess at a holy kṣetra is presented as a direct source of lasting auspiciousness and family-blessing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra (Prabhāsa), where Gaurī is described as abiding and granting boons.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed here beyond the act of darśana—beholding Gaurī at the kṣetra.