Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 79

Devanagari script

दिव्यनारी शुभाकारा शेषकाये बभौ शुभा । पूर्वं तस्याप्यपुत्रस्य राज्ञः पुत्रशतोपमा

Transliteration

divyanārī śubhākārā śeṣakāye babhau śubhā | pūrvaṃ tasyāpyaputrasya rājñaḥ putraśatopamā

Translation

അവളുടെ ശേഷദേഹം ശുഭാകാരമായ ദിവ്യനാരിയായി പ്രകാശിച്ചു. മുമ്പ് പുത്രഹീനനായിരുന്ന ആ രാജാവിന് അവൾ നൂറു പുത്രന്മാർക്കു തുല്യമായ ഫലദായിനിയായി മാറി.

Word by Word

• divyanārī: a divine woman
• divyanārī: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: divyanārī (प्रातिपदिक) = divya + nārī
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (singular); समासः कर्मधारयः (divyā nārī)

• śubhākārā: of auspicious form
• śubhākārā: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śubhākāra (प्रातिपदिक) = śubha + ākāra
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (singular); विशेषणम्; समासः कर्मधारयः (śubhaḥ ākāraḥ yasyāḥ)

• śeṣakāye: in/on the remaining body
• śeṣakāye: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śeṣakāya (प्रातिपदिक) = śeṣa + kāya
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (singular); समासः तत्पुरुषः (śeṣaḥ kāyaḥ)

• babhau: appeared, shone
• babhau: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपदम्; धातुः भू (to shine/appear/be)

• śubhā: auspicious, beautiful
• śubhā: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śubhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (singular); विशेषणम्

• pūrvam: formerly
• pūrvam: Kāla (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pūrvam (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb: formerly/before)

• tasyāḥ: of her
• tasyāḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (singular); सर्वनाम

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-अर्थक-अव्यय (particle: also/even)

• aputrasya: sonless
• aputrasya: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aputra (प्रातिपदिक) = a- + putra
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (singular); विशेषणम् (rājñaḥ)

• rājñaḥ: of the king
• rājñaḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (singular)

• putraśatopamā: like a hundred sons (in value)
• putraśatopamā: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: putraśatopamā (प्रातिपदिक) = putra + śata + upamā
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (singular); विशेषणम् (divyanārī); समासः तत्पुरुषः (putraśatena upamā)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Naimiṣāraṇya sages (frame implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant celestial woman stands in the Siṃhala court, auspicious and luminous; the formerly sonless king beholds her as a living boon ‘equal to a hundred sons’, with courtiers offering respectful salutations.

Characters & Entities

• Śakaśṛṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A virtuous daughter is praised as equal to great progeny—dharma is upheld through auspicious character, not merely gender.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Indirectly, the Mahī–Sāgara-saṅgama tīrtha whose power enabled the transformation and auspicious outcome.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.