Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

वन्ध्या प्रसूयते पार्थ नात्र कार्या विचारणा

Transliteration

vandhyā prasūyate pārtha nātra kāryā vicāraṇā

Translation

હે પાર્થ! અહીં તો વંધ્યા સ્ત્રી પણ પ્રસવે છે; તેમાં વિચાર કે શંકા કરવાની જરૂર નથી.

Word by Word

• वन्ध्या: a barren woman
• वन्ध्या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन्ध्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• प्रसूयते: gives birth
• प्रसूयते: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + सू (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• पार्थ: O Pārtha
• पार्थ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• अत्र: here/in this matter
• अत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of place)

• कार्या: necessary
• कार्या: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate adjective/कर्तृसमानाधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कार्य (प्रातिपदिक; कृ धातोः यत्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (to be done/necessary)

• विचारणा: consideration/deliberation
• विचारणा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विचारणा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

Speaker

Unknown (addressing Pārtha/Arjuna within the narrative)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Koṭitīrtha (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārtha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A declarative scene: a sage or narrator addresses ‘Pārtha’ while the sacred shrine/pond glows behind; a barren woman prays and receives blessing, symbolized by a lotus blooming or a cradle appearing in vision.

Characters & Entities

• Pārtha (Arjuna)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Māhātmya genre emphasizes unwavering confidence in sacred rites and divine grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The assurance is given within the Koṭitīrtha-ādi Māhātmya context, though the verse itself does not name the site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new ritual is added here; it reinforces the promised fruit of the worship/observance described in the surrounding verses.