Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 202

Devanagari script

यस्यैतत्तिष्ठते गेहे लिखितं पुस्तकं नृप । तस्यापि वांछिताः कामाः संपद्यते दिनेदिने

Transliteration

yasyaitattiṣṭhate gehe likhitaṃ pustakaṃ nṛpa | tasyāpi vāṃchitāḥ kāmāḥ saṃpadyate dinedine

Translation

ഹേ നൃപാ, ആരുടെ വീട്ടിൽ ഈ എഴുതിയ പുസ്തകം നിലനിൽക്കുന്നു, അവന്റെ ആഗ്രഹിച്ച ലക്ഷ്യങ്ങൾ ദിനംപ്രതി സഫലമാകുന്നു।

Word by Word

• yasya: whose
• yasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; relative pronoun

• etat: this
• etat: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• tiṣṭhate: remains/is kept
• tiṣṭhate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sthā (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• gehe: in the house
• gehe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gṛha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• likhitam: written
• likhitam: Karta (Subject-Qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: likhita (लिखित, कृदन्त from √likh)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle) qualifying pustakam

• pustakam: book
• pustakam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pustaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• nṛpa: O king
• nṛpa: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; demonstrative pronoun

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

• vāṃchitāḥ: desired
• vāṃchitāḥ: Karta (Subject-Qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vāṃchita (वाञ्छित, कृदन्त from √vāñch)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; भूतकृदन्त qualifying kāmāḥ

• kāmāḥ: wishes
• kāmāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• saṃpadyate: come to pass/are fulfilled
• saṃpadyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-√pad (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• dine: in a day
• dine: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dina (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• dine: day by day
• dine: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dina (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति (iterative)

Speaker

Pulastya (deduced from immediate continuation in Adhyāya 37)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda-māhātmya (likhita-pustaka-gṛha-phala)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (nṛpa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A household shrine shelf holds a wrapped manuscript labeled Arbuda-māhātmya; family members offer a lamp and flowers, suggesting daily auspiciousness.

Characters & Entities

• Pustaka (written manuscript)
• Gṛha (house)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Reverent preservation of sacred text is treated as a living devotional act that sustains ongoing auspicious results.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Arbuda-related māhātmya text itself is praised; its presence in a home is said to confer continual auspiciousness.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Keeping the written ‘pustaka’ (manuscript/book) of this sacred account in one’s house.