Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

राज्यार्थी लभते राज्यं धनार्थी लभते धनम् । पुत्रार्थी लभते पुत्रान्सौख्यार्थी लभते सुखम्

Transliteration

rājyārthī labhate rājyaṃ dhanārthī labhate dhanam | putrārthī labhate putrānsaukhyārthī labhate sukham

Translation

രാജ്യം ആഗ്രഹിക്കുന്നവന് രാജ്യം ലഭിക്കും; ധനം ആഗ്രഹിക്കുന്നവന് ധനം ലഭിക്കും. പുത്രനെ ആഗ്രഹിക്കുന്നവന് പുത്രന്മാർ ലഭിക്കും; സുഖം ആഗ്രഹിക്കുന്നവന് സുഖം ലഭിക്കും।

Word by Word

• राज्यार्थी: one who seeks a kingdom
• राज्यार्थी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्य (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (राज्यस्य अर्थी = one who desires a kingdom)

• लभते: obtains
• लभते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• राज्यम्: kingdom
• राज्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• धनार्थी: one who seeks wealth
• धनार्थी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धन (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (धनस्य अर्थी)

• लभते: obtains
• लभते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• धनम्: wealth
• धनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• पुत्रार्थी: one who seeks sons
• पुत्रार्थी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पुत्रस्य अर्थी)

• लभते: obtains
• लभते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• पुत्रान्: sons
• पुत्रान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• सौख्यार्थी: one who seeks happiness
• सौख्यार्थी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौख्य (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सौख्यस्य अर्थी)

• लभते: obtains
• लभते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• सुखम्: happiness
• सुखम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva), inferred

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Four petitioners approach Bhāskara: a king-seeker with crown offering, a merchant with coins, a couple seeking a child, and a householder seeking happiness; Sūrya radiates impartial grace.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion performed with faith is portrayed as a dhārmic means to fulfill legitimate human aims (artha, kāma) without abandoning sacred discipline.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The promise is embedded in the Prabhāsa sacred setting and the Sūrya-centered practice described in this chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, the recitation/hearing and worship described earlier—whose fruits are now enumerated as phalaśruti.