Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 69

Devanagari script

जीवितं च तथा भर्तुर्धर्मसिद्धिं च शाश्वतीम् । धर्मराजो वरं दत्त्वा प्रेषयामास तां ततः

Transliteration

jīvitaṃ ca tathā bharturdharmasiddhiṃ ca śāśvatīm | dharmarājo varaṃ dattvā preṣayāmāsa tāṃ tataḥ

Translation

അവൾ ഭർത്താവിന്റെ ജീവനും ധർമ്മസിദ്ധി ശാശ്വതമായി ലഭിക്കണമെന്നതും അപേക്ഷിച്ചു. ധർമ്മരാജൻ വരം നൽകി പിന്നെ അവളെ മുന്നോട്ടയച്ചു।

Word by Word

• jīvitam: life
• jīvitam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jīvita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

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

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: रीतिवाचक-अव्यय (adverb)

• bhartuḥ: of (her) husband
• bhartuḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhartṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन (Masculine, Genitive, Singular)

• dharma-siddhim: the fulfillment of dharma
• dharma-siddhim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharma (प्रातिपदिक) + siddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Accusative, Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (dharma-siddhi = accomplishment of dharma)

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

• śāśvatīm: eternal
• śāśvatīm: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śāśvatī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Accusative, Singular); विशेषणम् (qualifies dharma-siddhim)

• dharmarājaḥ: Dharmarāja (Yama)
• dharmarājaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharma (प्रातिपदिक) + rāja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular); कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-समासः (धर्मः एव राजा = Yama)

• varam: a boon
• varam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Accusative, Singular)

• dattvā: having given
• dattvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Gerundial/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धा॒तु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund); धातुः दा (to give)

• preṣayāmāsa: sent (her)
• preṣayāmāsa: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: preṣ (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परस्मैपद), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (Perfect, 3rd person, Singular); causative sense in stem (प्रेषय-)

• tām: her
• tām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Accusative, Singular)

• tataḥ: then/thereafter
• tataḥ: Adhikaraṇa (Temporal/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: काल/क्रमवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: thereafter)

Speaker

Narrator (with Sāvitrī’s request implied; Yama as grantor)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (ṛṣi audience, contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sāvitrī asks for her husband’s life and eternal success in dharma; Dharmarāja grants the boon and dismisses her with solemn grace.

Characters & Entities

• Sāvitrī
• Dharmarāja (Yama)
• Husband (Satyavān implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The highest boon is life aligned with lasting dharma; righteousness itself becomes the enduring attainment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra is the contextual sacred landscape of this māhātmya narration.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is specified; the verse concludes the boon-granting action.