Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 158

Devanagari script

पुत्रार्थी लभते पुत्रं धनार्थी लभते धनम् । कन्यार्थी लभते कन्यां विद्यार्थी वेदविद्भवेत्

Transliteration

putrārthī labhate putraṃ dhanārthī labhate dhanam | kanyārthī labhate kanyāṃ vidyārthī vedavidbhavet

Translation

പുത്രാർത്ഥി പുത്രനെ പ്രാപിക്കും, ധനാർത്ഥി ധനം പ്രാപിക്കും. കന്യാർത്ഥി കന്യയെ പ്രാപിക്കും, വിദ്യാർത്ഥി വേദവിദനാകും।

Word by Word

• पुत्रार्थी: one desiring a son
• पुत्रार्थी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र + अर्थिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पुत्रस्य अर्थी)

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

• पुत्रम्: a son
• पुत्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

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

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

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

• कन्यार्थी: one desiring a daughter
• कन्यार्थी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्या + अर्थिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (कन्यायाः अर्थी)

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

• कन्याम्: a daughter
• कन्याम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• विद्यार्थी: one desiring learning
• विद्यार्थी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विद्या + अर्थिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (विद्यायाः अर्थी)

• वेदविद्: knower of the Veda
• वेदविद्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेद + विद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (वेदं वेत्ति)

• भवेत्: would become
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from phala-śruti style in Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Arka/Ravi upāsanā)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Unspecified inquirer

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Four vignettes around a central Sūrya shrine: a couple praying for a child, a householder receiving wealth, parents seeking a daughter’s welfare, and a student gaining Vedic insight—each linked by Sūrya’s rays.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya
• Ravi
• Prabhāsa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharmic devotion is portrayed as supporting righteous life-goals—family, prosperity, and sacred learning.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, in the context of Sūrya worship whose fruits are being praised.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse states results of worship; the implied prescription is to worship Ravi as earlier taught to obtain these aims.