Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

संपद्यंते तथा कामाः सर्व एव यथेप्सिताः । बंध्यानां पुत्रफलदं भीतानां भयनाशनम्

Transliteration

saṃpadyaṃte tathā kāmāḥ sarva eva yathepsitāḥ | baṃdhyānāṃ putraphaladaṃ bhītānāṃ bhayanāśanam

Translation

അവിടെ എല്ലാ ആഗ്രഹങ്ങളും ഇഷ്ടപ്പെട്ടപോലെ സഫലമാകുന്നു; വന്ധ്യർക്കു പുത്രഫലം നൽകുകയും ഭീതരുടെ ഭയം നശിപ്പിക്കുകയും ചെയ്യുന്നു।

Word by Word

• सम्पद्यन्ते: are accomplished/come to pass
• सम्पद्यन्ते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+पद् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd), बहुवचनम् (plural)

• तथा: thus/accordingly
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक अव्ययम् (adverb of manner)

• कामाः: desires
• कामाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम् (masculine), प्रथमा विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), बहुवचनम् (plural)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम् (masculine), प्रथमा विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), बहुवचनम् (plural)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थ अव्ययम् (emphatic particle)

• यथा: as
• यथा: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमान/प्रकारवाचक अव्ययम् (comparative/manner: 'as')

• ईप्सिताः: desired
• ईप्सिताः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ईप्सित (प्रातिपदिक; √आप्/ईप्स्-भाव)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम् (masculine), प्रथमा विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), बहुवचनम् (plural); कृदन्तः—भूतकृत्/कृतप्रत्ययान्त (desired/wished-for)

• बन्ध्यानाम्: of barren women
• बन्ध्यानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बन्ध्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गम् (feminine), षष्ठी विभक्तिः (Genitive/6th), बहुवचनम् (plural)

• पुत्रफलदम्: granting the fruit of a son
• पुत्रफलदम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + फल (प्रातिपदिक) + द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गम् (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्तिः (Nom./Acc. 1st/2nd), एकवचनम् (singular); समासः—पुत्ररूपं फलं ददाति (giver of the fruit: a son)

• भीतानाम्: of the frightened (people)
• भीतानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीत (प्रातिपदिक; √भी कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम् (masculine), षष्ठी विभक्तिः (Genitive/6th), बहुवचनम् (plural); कृदन्तः—भूतकृत् (past participle used substantively: 'the frightened')

• भयनाशनम्: destroyer of fear
• भयनाशनम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भय (प्रातिपदिक) + नाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गम् (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्तिः (Nom./Acc. 1st/2nd), एकवचनम् (singular); समासः—भयस्य नाशनम् (destroyer of fear)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Durvāsāditya at Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Female interlocutor addressed implicitly (continuation of ‘priye/bhāmini’ address)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Women devotees with offerings stand before a Sūrya shrine; one barren woman prays with tearful hope; another frightened pilgrim is comforted as sunlight spreads; symbolic lotus buds opening represent fulfilled desires.

Characters & Entities

• Durvāsāditya (implied)
• Sūrya (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The māhātmya genre emphasizes compassionate divine accessibility: the sacred site answers human needs—both worldly and protective.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ongoing context is Durvāsāditya/Sūrya in Prabhāsakṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is specified; it continues the stated fruits of worship/darśana at the site.