Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

सर्वासां सफलं जन्म जीवितं यौवनं धनम् । यासां भवेद्भगवति भक्तिरव्यभिचारिणी

Transliteration

sarvāsāṃ saphalaṃ janma jīvitaṃ yauvanaṃ dhanam | yāsāṃ bhavedbhagavati bhaktiravyabhicāriṇī

Translation

バガヴァーンに対する揺るぎなき信愛が起こる者にとっては、誕生も、生も、若さも、財も、まことに実りあるものとなる。

Word by Word

• सर्वासाम्: of all (those women)
• सर्वासाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: सर्वा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• सफलम्: fruitful, successful
• सफलम्: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (qualifying)

• जन्म: birth
• जन्म: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन

• जीवितम्: life
• जीवितम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जीवित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन

• यौवनम्: youth
• यौवनम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यौवन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन

• धनम्: wealth
• धनम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन

• यासाम्: of whom
• यासाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: या (यद्-प्रातिपदिक; स्त्री)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन

• भवेत्: may be, would be
• भवेत्: Kriya (Predicate action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• भगवति: in the Lord
• भगवति: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (देववाचक), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• भक्तिः: devotion
• भक्तिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• अव्यभिचारिणी: unfailing, unwavering
• अव्यभिचारिणी: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अव्यभिचारिणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (भक्तेः)

Speaker

Uddhava (context continuing)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā (contextual frame)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Didactic tableau: a devotee offers symbols of life—cradle (birth), lamp (life), flower (youth), coins (wealth)—at Bhagavān’s feet, indicating ‘saphalatā’ through unwavering devotion.

Characters & Entities

• Bhagavān (the Lord)
• Bhakti

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Life’s true success is measured by steadfast devotion to the Lord, not by mere worldly attainments.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named; the verse articulates a universal bhakti principle within the Dvārakā-māhātmya context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it presents devotion as the supreme ‘phala’ (fruit) of human life.