Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

मेनापि तां सुतां लब्ध्वा धन्यं मेने गृहाश्रमम् । तां दृष्ट्वा जायमानां च स्वेच्छयैव वराननाम्

Transliteration

menāpi tāṃ sutāṃ labdhvā dhanyaṃ mene gṛhāśramam | tāṃ dṛṣṭvā jāyamānāṃ ca svecchayaiva varānanām

Translation

മേനയും ആ പുത്രിയെ ലഭിച്ച് തന്റെ ഗൃഹാശ്രമം ധന്യമെന്ന് കരുതി. സുന്ദരമുഖിയായ അവൾ ജനിക്കുന്നതു കണ്ടപ്പോൾ—സ്വേച്ഛയാൽ തന്നെയെന്നപോലെ—അവൾ ആനന്ദിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• menā: Menā
• menā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: menā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle) ‘also’

• tām: her
• tām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• sutām: daughter
• sutām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sutā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• labdhvā: having obtained
• labdhvā: Kriya (क्रिया-अनुबंध/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: labh (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund)

• dhanyam: fortunate/blessed
• dhanyam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dhanya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्म-विशेषणम् (object complement)

• mene: considered/thought
• mene: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: man (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• gṛhāśramam: the householder stage (gṛhastha-āśrama)
• gṛhāśramam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gṛha + āśrama (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्म; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (gṛhasya āśramaḥ)

• tām: her
• tām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Kriya (क्रिया-अनुबंध/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund)

• jāyamānām: being born
• jāyamānām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु)
• Form: शतृ/शानच्-वर्तमान कृदन्त (present participle, passive/middle sense), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘being born’

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

• svecchayā: by her own will
• svecchayā: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva + icchā (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; ‘by (her) own will’; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (svasya icchā)

• eva: indeed/just
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपात (emphatic particle)

• varānanām: the fair-faced one
• varānanām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vara + ānana (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम्; कर्मधारयः (varaṃ ānanaṃ yasyāḥ)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Himavān-gṛha (mythic Devī-janma context)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Menā beholds the lovely-faced Bhavānī being born as if by her own will; she feels her household life crowned with fortune and auspiciousness.

Characters & Entities

• Menā
• Bhavānī/Pārvatī (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Householder life becomes sanctified when aligned with devotion and when it supports divine purpose and dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is situated in the Vastrāpathakṣetra Māhātmya of Prabhāsa, contributing to that kṣetra’s celebratory sacred history.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it highlights gṛhastha-dharma as spiritually blessed through divine association.