Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

अपि वंध्या च या नारी स्नानमात्रं समाचरेत् । सा स्यात्पुत्रवती विप्र सुखसौभाग्यसंयुता

Transliteration

api vaṃdhyā ca yā nārī snānamātraṃ samācaret | sā syātputravatī vipra sukhasaubhāgyasaṃyutā

Translation

«ကလေးမရနိုင်သော မိန်းမတစ်ဦးပင် ထိုနေရာ၌ ရေချိုးခြင်းသာ ပြုလုပ်လျှင်၊ ဗြာဟ္မဏရေ၊ သားရသူ ဖြစ်လာပြီး ချမ်းသာပျော်ရွှင်မှုနှင့် ကံကောင်းခြင်းတို့ ပြည့်စုံမည်»။

Word by Word

• अपि: even/also
• अपि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle), concessive/emphatic

• वंध्या: a barren woman
• वंध्या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वंध्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक निपात (conjunction)

• या: who
• या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• नारी: woman
• नारी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• स्नानमात्रम्: only bathing
• स्नानमात्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक) + मात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (मात्रं स्नानम् = only bathing)

• समाचरेत्: should perform
• समाचरेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + चर् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; संकेत/अन्वय सर्वनाम (demonstrative pronoun)

• स्यात्: would become
• स्यात्: Kriya (Copula/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• पुत्रवती: having a son
• पुत्रवती: Karta (Subject complement/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + वत् (तद्धित-प्रत्यय)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तद्धितान्त विशेषण (possessive: -वत्)

• विप्र: O Brahmin
• विप्र: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• सुखसौभाग्यसंयुता: endowed with happiness and good fortune
• सुखसौभाग्यसंयुता: Karta (Subject complement/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुख (प्रातिपदिक) + सौभाग्य (प्रातिपदिक) + संयुत (कृदन्त; सम्+युज्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (सुखं च सौभाग्यं च ताभ्यां संयुता)

Speaker

Arbuda-nāga (continuing boon description)

Characters & Entities

• Nāga-tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic tīrthas are portrayed as compassionate remedies—granting wellbeing and continuity of family life when approached with faith.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Nāga-tīrtha, where even simple bathing is said to confer fertility and prosperity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna-mātra—‘only bathing’ at the tīrtha—promised to yield putra-vatī-bhāva (offspring) and saubhāgya.