Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

यस्तां पूजयते भक्त्या स सौभाग्यमवाप्नुयात् । अन्यजन्मनि देवेशि नात्र कार्या विचारणा

Transliteration

yastāṃ pūjayate bhaktyā sa saubhāgyamavāpnuyāt | anyajanmani deveśi nātra kāryā vicāraṇā

Translation

ഹേ ദേവേശി! ഭക്തിയോടെ അവളെ പൂജിക്കുന്നവൻ സൗഭാഗ്യം പ്രാപിക്കും—മറ്റൊരു ജന്മത്തിലും; ഇതിൽ സംശയിക്കേണ്ടതില്ല।

Word by Word

• yaḥ: who (he)
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; relative pronoun

• tām: her
• tām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; demonstrative pronoun referring to the goddess

• pūjayate: worships
• pūjayate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √pūj (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• bhaktyā: with devotion
• bhaktyā: Karana (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन; instrumental of manner

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; correlative pronoun

• saubhāgyam: good fortune
• saubhāgyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saubhāgya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

• avāpnuyāt: would obtain
• avāpnuyāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ava-√āp (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• anya-janmani: in another birth
• anya-janmani: Adhikarana (Time/State)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक) + janman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन; locative of time/state

• deveśi: O goddess, ruler of gods
• deveśi: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक) + īśī/īśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (देवानाम् ईशी); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th case), एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Avyaya (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• atra: here/in this matter
• atra: Adhikarana (Locative sense)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• kāryā: to be done/necessary
• kāryā: Kriya (Predicative complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kārya (प्रातिपदिक; √kṛ + यत्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; predicate adjective agreeing with vicāraṇā (understood: 'is to be done')

• vicāraṇā: consideration, deliberation
• vicāraṇā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vicāraṇā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gaurī (Saubhāgya-dāyinī)

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devēśī/Mahādevī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devotees—especially couples and women seeking auspiciousness—offer flowers and lamps to Gaurī; Devī’s compassionate gaze; a subtle motif of rebirth (a turning wheel or successive life scenes) indicates ‘anyajanmani’ fruit.

Characters & Entities

• Gaurī/Saubhāgyeśvarī
• Pārvatī (deveśī as addressee)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional worship of the Goddess is affirmed as a lasting merit (puṇya) that can bear fruit even across lifetimes.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Saubhāgyeśvarī/Gaurī shrine-area in Prabhāsa Kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bhakti-yukta pūjā (devotional worship) of the Goddess; the promised result is saubhāgya.