Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 91

Devanagari script

धनधान्यसमृद्धोऽभूत्तथा जीवधनाधिकः । मृतः पिता मृता माता स च भ्रातृविवर्जितः

Transliteration

dhanadhānyasamṛddho'bhūttathā jīvadhanādhikaḥ | mṛtaḥ pitā mṛtā mātā sa ca bhrātṛvivarjitaḥ

Translation

അവൻ ധനധാന്യസമൃദ്ധനായി; ‘ജീവധനം’ (സേവകർ, ആശ്രിതർ)യും ധാരാളം ഉണ്ടായിരുന്നു. അവന്റെ പിതാവ് മരിച്ചു, മാതാവും മരിച്ചു, അവൻ സഹോദരരഹിതനായിരുന്നു।

Word by Word

• dhanadhānyasamṛddhaḥ: rich in wealth and grain
• dhanadhānyasamṛddhaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dhana (धन) + dhānya (धान्य) + samṛddha (समृद्ध, कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—धन-धान्ययोः समृद्धः (rich in wealth and grain)

• abhūt: became/was
• abhūt: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (भू, धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• tathā: also/likewise
• tathā: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (तथा, अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb): ‘thus/also’

• jīvadhanādhikaḥ: abounding in living wealth
• jīvadhanādhikaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jīva-dhana (जीवधन) + adhika (अधिक, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—जीवधने अधिकः (having more ‘living wealth’/dependents)

• mṛtaḥ: dead
• mṛtaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mṛ (मृ, धातु) + mṛta (मृत, कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle, क्त); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘dead’

• pitā: father
• pitā: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛ (पितृ, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• mṛtā: dead
• mṛtā: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mṛ (मृ, धातु) + mṛtā (मृता, कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle, क्त); स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘dead’

• mātā: mother
• mātā: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mātṛ (मातृ, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद्, सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (च, अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• bhrātṛvivarjitaḥ: deprived of brothers
• bhrātṛvivarjitaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhrātṛ (भ्रातृ) + vivarjita (विवर्जित, कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—भ्रातृभिः विवर्जितः (devoid of brothers)

Speaker

Unspecified (same narrative voice continuing a life-story within the Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: null

Type: null

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King within the story-frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A prosperous brāhmaṇa household: granaries full, cattle and servants present; yet a somber corner shows funeral rites or memorial tokens for deceased parents; the man stands alone, no brothers beside him.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Material prosperity can coexist with deep personal loss; Purāṇic narrative uses such contrasts to point toward dharma over mere accumulation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader context is Vastrāpatha-kṣetra in the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it describes conditions of a particular birth and household situation.