Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

रूपवान्सुभगश्चैव तथा च प्रियदर्शनः । आधिव्याधिविनिर्मुक्तः पुत्रपौत्रसमन्वितः

Transliteration

rūpavānsubhagaścaiva tathā ca priyadarśanaḥ | ādhivyādhivinirmuktaḥ putrapautrasamanvitaḥ

Translation

ಇದರ ಪ್ರಭಾವದಿಂದ ಮನುಷ್ಯನು ರೂಪವಂತನಾಗಿ, ಸೌಭಾಗ್ಯವಂತನಾಗಿ, ಪ್ರಿಯದರ್ಶನನಾಗುತ್ತಾನೆ; ಮಾನಸಿಕ ಕ್ಲೇಶ ಮತ್ತು ರೋಗಗಳಿಂದ ಮುಕ್ತನಾಗಿ ಪುತ್ರ-ಪೌತ್ರಸಹಿತನಾಗುತ್ತಾನೆ.

Word by Word

• रूपवान्: handsome
• रूपवान्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रूपवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• सुभगः: fortunate/auspicious
• सुभगः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुभग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• च: and
• च: Sambandha/Particle (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha/Particle (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: likewise/so)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha/Particle (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• प्रियदर्शनः: pleasant-looking
• प्रियदर्शनः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक) + दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम्; समासः—प्रियं दर्शनं यस्य/प्रियं दर्शनम् (कर्मधारय; अर्थे 'pleasant to see')

• आधिव्याधिविनिर्मुक्तः: freed from mental and physical ailments
• आधिव्याधिविनिर्मुक्तः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आधि (प्रातिपदिक) + व्याधि (प्रातिपदिक) + विनिर्मुक्त (कृदन्त, वि-निर्-√मुच् (धातु) क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम्; समासः—आधि-व्याधिभ्यां विनिर्मुक्तः (पञ्चमी-तत्पुरुषः, द्वन्द्वपूर्वपद)

• पुत्रपौत्रसमन्वितः: endowed with sons and grandsons
• पुत्रपौत्रसमन्वितः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + पौत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + समन्वित (कृदन्त, सम्-√अन्वि/√इ (धातु) क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम्; समासः—पुत्रैः पौत्रैः च समन्वितः (तृतीया-तत्पुरुषः; पूर्वपदे पुत्रपौत्र (इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः))

Speaker

Sūta (deduced; continuation of the pṛthvī-dāna praise)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A symbolic tableau of the donor’s future: a radiant, healthy figure with a harmonious family behind, suggesting the karmic fruit of land-gift; the sage’s words appear as blessing gestures.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dāna performed in a sacred setting is portrayed as dharma that ripens into holistic well-being—outer prosperity and inner freedom from distress.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Gautameśvara and the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra tīrtha-context framing this land-donation praise.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The implied prescription is pṛthvī-dāna (land donation) at the revered shrine/field, yielding these stated fruits.