Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

सप्तजन्मसहस्राणि गृहभंगं न चाप्नुयात् । दरिद्रो विकलो दीनो नांधस्तस्या भवेत्पतिः

Transliteration

saptajanmasahasrāṇi gṛhabhaṃgaṃ na cāpnuyāt | daridro vikalo dīno nāṃdhastasyā bhavetpatiḥ

Translation

七千の生にわたり、彼女は家の破綻を被らない。彼女の夫は貧しくもなく、身体に障りもなく、惨めでもなく、盲でもない。

Word by Word

• saptajanmasahasrāṇi: (for) seven thousand births
• saptajanmasahasrāṇi: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sapta (सप्त) + janma (जन्मन्) + sahasra (सहस्र)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; कालपरिमाणवाचक (for seven-thousand births)

• gṛhabhaṅgam: destruction of the house/home
• gṛhabhaṅgam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gṛha (गृह) + bhaṅga (भङ्ग)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (गृहस्य भङ्गः)

• na: not
• na: Negation (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (न अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात (negation)

• ca: and
• ca: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (च अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

• āpnuyāt: should obtain, would meet with
• āpnuyāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: āp (आप् धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• daridraḥ: poor
• daridraḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: daridra (दरिद्र प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (पतिः)

• vikalaḥ: disabled, impaired
• vikalaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vikala (विकल प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (पतिः)

• dīnaḥ: wretched, miserable
• dīnaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dīna (दीन प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (पतिः)

• na: not
• na: Negation (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (न अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात

• andhaḥ: blind
• andhaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: andha (अन्ध प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (पतिः)

• tasyāḥ: of her
• tasyāḥ: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• bhavet: would be
• bhavet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (भू धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

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

Speaker

Narrative voice (Māhātmya passage; speaker not explicit in this verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kanyā-saras

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A virtuous woman completes her bath at Kanyā-saras; behind her, a symbolic vision shows a stable home across lifetimes and a healthy, prosperous husband—an allegory of the tīrtha’s phala.

Characters & Entities

• Kanyā-saras (implied context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha practice is presented as supporting gṛhastha-dharma—protecting household well-being and marital prosperity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues the praise of Sukanyā-saraḥ/Kanyā-saras in Prabhāsa kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The implied practice is bathing at the praised tīrtha; this verse states the resulting blessings (phala).