Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

कोऽपि सौभाग्यवांल्लोके तव क्षेत्रे जनिष्यति । पुत्रं विख्यातनामानमत्रनैवास्ति संशयः

Transliteration

ko'pi saubhāgyavāṃlloke tava kṣetre janiṣyati | putraṃ vikhyātanāmānamatranaivāsti saṃśayaḥ

Translation

ഈ ലോകത്തിൽ ഒരാൾ മഹാഭാഗ്യവാനായി നിന്റെ പുണ്യക്ഷേത്രത്തിൽ ജനിക്കും; ഇവിടെ തന്നേ പ്രസിദ്ധനാമമുള്ള പുത്രനും ജനിക്കും—ഇതിൽ സംശയമില്ല।

Word by Word

• kaḥ: someone (who)
• kaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; अनिश्चित-प्रयोग (indefinite)

• api: even/also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अनिश्चितार्थ/अपि = ‘even/also’

• saubhāgyavān: fortunate
• saubhāgyavān: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saubhāgya-vat (प्रातिपदिक; सौभाग्य + वत्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (adjective)

• loke: in the world
• loke: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• tava: your
• tava: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• kṣetre: in (your) sacred field
• kṣetre: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• janiṣyati: will be born
• janiṣyati: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• putram: a son
• putram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• vikhyāta-nāmānam: having a renowned name
• vikhyāta-nāmānam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vikhyāta (कृदन्त; वि+ख्यात, क्त) + nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (विख्यातं नाम यस्य); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपात (emphatic particle)

• asti: there is
• asti: Kriyā (Copula/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• saṃśayaḥ: doubt
• saṃśayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Śacī (Indrāṇī), by context

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A benedictory proclamation about the rare fortune of being born in Kedāra-kṣetra, with the Himalayan shrine-land implied as the silent witness; the mood is auspicious and prophetic.

Characters & Entities

• Śacī
• Kṣetra (sacred region)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred geography (kṣetra) is portrayed as a source of fortune—birth and lineage can be uplifted by association with holy places.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse points to “your kṣetra” within Kedārakhaṇḍa—i.e., the Kedāra sacred region—without naming a separate tirtha in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse states a kṣetra-related blessing (birth of a famed son).