Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

विशेषतश्च नारीभिः सपत्नीदोषहानिदम् । सुखसौभाग्यदं नित्यं तथाऽभीष्टप्रदं नृणाम्

Transliteration

viśeṣataśca nārībhiḥ sapatnīdoṣahānidam | sukhasaubhāgyadaṃ nityaṃ tathā'bhīṣṭapradaṃ nṛṇām

Translation

ഇത് പ്രത്യേകിച്ച് സ്ത്രീകൾ ആരാധിക്കേണ്ടതാണ്; കാരണം സപത്നീബന്ധമായ ദോഷവും ക്ലേശവും നീക്കുന്നു. ഇത് നിത്യം സുഖവും സൗഭാഗ്യവും നൽകുകയും പുരുഷന്മാർക്കും അഭീഷ്ടഫലം പ്രദാനം ചെയ്യുകയും ചെയ്യുന്നു।

Word by Word

• विशेषतः: especially
• विशेषतः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: viśeṣatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb): ‘विशेषेण’ = especially

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक/conjunction)

• नारीभिः: by/for women
• नारीभिः: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nārī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण) विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Instrumental plural)

• सपत्नी-दोष-हानि-दम्: giving removal of co-wife-related faults
• सपत्नी-दोष-हानि-दम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival predicate/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sapatnī (प्रातिपदिक) + doṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + hāni (प्रातिपदिक) + da (√dā, धातु)
• Form: समास: तत्पुरुष (षष्ठी/सम्बन्ध-प्रधान): ‘सपत्नी-दोषस्य हानिः’ इति; ‘दम्’ = ददाति (द-प्रत्ययान्त/कृदन्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (agreeing with implied ‘इदम्’)

• इदम्: this (thing/rite)
• इदम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन (Nominative singular)

• सुख-सौभाग्य-दम्: giving happiness and good fortune
• सुख-सौभाग्य-दम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival predicate/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sukha (प्रातिपदिक) + saubhāgya (प्रातिपदिक) + da (√dā, धातु)
• Form: समास: द्वन्द्व (सुखं च सौभाग्यं च) + ‘दम्’ (द-प्रत्ययान्त/कृदन्त ‘ददाति’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (agreeing with ‘इदम्’)

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nitya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb): always/constantly

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/उपमानबोधक): likewise/also

• अभीष्ट-प्रदम्: granting what is desired
• अभीष्ट-प्रदम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival predicate/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: abhīṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक) + prada (√dā, धातु; ‘प्र’ उपसर्ग)
• Form: समास: तत्पुरुष (कर्मधारय/उपपद-प्रधान): ‘अभीष्टं प्रददाति’ इति; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (agreeing with ‘इदम्’)

• नृणाम्: of men/people
• नृणाम्: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध) विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Genitive plural)

Speaker

Pulastya (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kaṭeśvara–Gaṅgeśvara (implied as the subject of the chapter’s phala)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims—women foremost—stand before the twin liṅgas; a symbolic veil of 'doṣa' dissolves; auspicious signs (mangala-kalasha, lamps, flowering bilva) surround them, while Śiva’s calm presence promises iṣṭa-siddhi.

Characters & Entities

• Kaṭeśvara
• Gaṅgeśvara
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha’s grace is portrayed as practical dharma: it removes social and inner afflictions and establishes well-being and prosperity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kaṭeśvara–Gaṅgeśvara sacred complex within Arbuda Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No separate ritual is detailed; the implied practice is devotional approach and darśana at the holy place.