Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

किं पुनर्यौवनोपेता सौभाग्येन समन्विता । पुत्रसौख्यवती नारी देव्या वै दर्शनेन च

Transliteration

kiṃ punaryauvanopetā saubhāgyena samanvitā | putrasaukhyavatī nārī devyā vai darśanena ca

Translation

അപ്പോൾ യൗവനസമ്പന്നയും സൗഭാഗ്യവതിയുമായ സ്ത്രീ ദേവിയുടെ ദർശനമാത്രത്താൽ തന്നെ പുത്രസുഖവും വിശേഷ അനുഗ്രഹവും അധികമായി പ്രാപിക്കും।

Word by Word

• किम्: what (then)
• किम्: Discourse (rhetorical)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययप्रयोग (interrogative particle; 'what then?')

• पुनः: all the more
• पुनः: Discourse (intensifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, पुनरुक्ति/अधिक्यार्थक (further/more so)

• यौवन-उपेता: endowed with youth
• यौवन-उपेता: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यौवन (प्रातिपदिक) + उपेत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (यौवनेन उपेता = endowed with youth); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• सौभाग्येन: with good fortune
• सौभाग्येन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौभाग्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• समन्विता: endowed/possessed
• समन्विता: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + अन्वि (धातु) → समन्वित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• पुत्र-सौख्य-वती: having the joy of sons
• पुत्र-सौख्य-वती: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + सौख्य (प्रातिपदिक) + वत् (प्रत्यय)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास + वतुप् (पुत्रसौख्यं यस्याः = having the happiness of sons); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• नारी: a woman
• नारी: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• देव्याः: of the Goddess
• देव्याः: Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन

• वै: indeed
• वै: Emphasis
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निपात (emphasis)

• दर्शनेन: by (her) seeing/vision
• दर्शनेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयार्थक

Speaker

Narrative voice (contextual Purāṇic narrator; explicit speaker not in this verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A youthful woman, adorned yet modest, stands before the Devī with folded hands; behind her are symbols of household prosperity and children; the Devī’s gaze conveys blessing through mere sight.

Characters & Entities

• Devī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Darśana of the Goddess at a sanctified place is celebrated as a direct source of auspiciousness and household well-being.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse remains within the Dhārātīrtha-related māhātmya setting in Nāgara Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new procedure is added here; the verse intensifies the promised fruit, especially through Devī-darśana.