Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

सर्वकामसुखोपेता धनधान्यसमन्विता । या नारी दुर्भगा वंध्या भविष्यति च शोभना

Transliteration

sarvakāmasukhopetā dhanadhānyasamanvitā | yā nārī durbhagā vaṃdhyā bhaviṣyati ca śobhanā

Translation

不運で子を授からぬ女も、やがて麗しく吉祥となり—あらゆる願いを満たす安楽に恵まれ、財宝と五穀に富むであろう。

Word by Word

• sarvakāmasukhopetā: endowed with all desires and happiness
• sarvakāmasukhopetā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + kāma (प्रातिपदिक) + sukha (प्रातिपदिक) + upeta (उपेत-प्रातिपदिक; √i + upa, क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (सर्वकामाṇāṃ सुखānāṃ च उपेता = endowed with all desires and happiness); विशेषण (nārī)

• dhanadhānyasamanvitā: possessing wealth and grain
• dhanadhānyasamanvitā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dhana (प्रातिपदिक) + dhānya (प्रातिपदिक) + samanvita (समन्वित-प्रातिपदिक; sam-anv-√i, क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; द्वन्द्व-समाहार-आधारित तत्पुरुष-प्रयोग (dhana-dhānya) + क्तान्त; विशेषण (nārī)

• yā: who (she)
• yā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-प्रत्यय (relative pronoun)

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

• durbhagā: unfortunate
• durbhagā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dur-bhaga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (दुष्टा/अशुभा भगा यस्याः) विशेषण (nārī)

• vandhyā: barren
• vandhyā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vandhyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (nārī)

• bhaviṣyati: will become
• bhaviṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

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

• śobhanā: beautiful, auspicious
• śobhanā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śobhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (nārī)

Speaker

Divine/sage assembly (reported by Sūta)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A woman previously sorrowful now radiant, holding a sheaf of grain; behind her, a shrine and offerings; symbols of abundance—granaries, pots of rice, flowering lotuses—signify dhana-dhānya.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The māhātmya emphasizes compassionate divine uplift—devotion at a tīrtha turns misfortune into auspicious well-being.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The promise is situated within the same sacred-site narrative stream of Hāṭakeśvara Kṣetra in Nāgarakhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The specific act is implied from the surrounding verses: worship/obeisance to the Goddess (not restated explicitly in this line).