Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

पुत्र पौत्रसमायुक्तो धनधान्यसमन्वितः । सर्वान्कामानवाप्नोति तस्य विष्णुः प्रसीदति

Transliteration

putra pautrasamāyukto dhanadhānyasamanvitaḥ | sarvānkāmānavāpnoti tasya viṣṇuḥ prasīdati

Translation

പുത്ര-പൗത്രസഹിതനും ധന-ധാന്യസമ്പന്നനുമായവൻ എല്ലാ ആഗ്രഹങ്ങളും പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു; അവനോട് ഭഗവാൻ വിഷ്ണു പ്രസന്നനാകുന്നു।

Word by Word

• पुत्र: sons
• पुत्र: Sambandha (Qualifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; (समासपूर्वपदत्वात्) प्रातिपदिकरूपेण

• पौत्रसमायुक्तः: endowed with grandsons
• पौत्रसमायुक्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पौत्र-सम्-आयुक्त (प्रातिपदिक; पौत्र + सम् + आयुक्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle) ‘समायुक्त’; तत्पुरुषः (पौत्रैः समायुक्तः)

• धनधान्यसमन्वितः: possessed of wealth and grain
• धनधान्यसमन्वितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धन-धान्य-समन्वित (प्रातिपदिक; धन + धान्य + समन्वित)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त ‘समन्वित’; तत्पुरुषः (धनधान्येन समन्वितः)

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• कामान्: desires
• कामान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• अवाप्नोति: attains
• अवाप्नोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (धातु) + अव (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• विष्णुः: Viṣṇu
• विष्णुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• प्रसीदति: is pleased / shows grace
• प्रसीदति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सद् (धातु) + प्र (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

Speaker

Sūta (deduced: Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa narration style in Māhātmya context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee family in Dvārakā receives blessings: elders, sons and grandsons gathered, granaries full, offerings before Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa, the deity’s compassionate gaze signifying prasāda.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace brings both worldly prosperity and fulfillment of rightful aims when Viṣṇu is pleased.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā/Dvāravatī is the broader setting of the Dvārakā Māhātmya in Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed in this verse; it states the fruit (phala) of divine favor.