Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

ततः सा विस्मयाविष्टा पूजयामास तत्तदा । ततः पुत्रशतं प्राप्तं दिव्यं वंशधरं तथा

Transliteration

tataḥ sā vismayāviṣṭā pūjayāmāsa tattadā | tataḥ putraśataṃ prāptaṃ divyaṃ vaṃśadharaṃ tathā

Translation

ထို့နောက် အံ့ဩမှုဖြင့် ပြည့်နှက်နေသော မိန်းမသည် ထိုခဏတည်းက ပူဇော်လေ၏။ ထို့နောက်တွင် မျိုးဆက်ကို ထမ်းဆောင်နိုင်သော သာသနာတော်ဆန်သည့် သားတစ်ရာကို ရရှိလေ၏။

Word by Word

• ततः: thereafter; then
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — ‘ततः’ = तस्मात्/तदनन्तरम् (from there/thereafter)

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — सर्वनाम (she)

• विस्मयाविष्टा: overcome with wonder
• विस्मयाविष्टा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi√smi + ā√viś (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त) ‘आविष्ट’ (entered/possessed) + ‘विस्मय’ (wonder) = विस्मयेन आविष्टा (possessed by wonder)

• पूजयामास: worshipped
• पूजयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √pūj (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परिप्रास-परफेक्ट/Periphrastic perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — ‘पूजयामास’ (he/she worshipped)

• तत्: that (object/linga)
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — सर्वनाम (that)

• तदा: then; at that time
• तदा: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण) — then/at that time

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — thereafter

• पुत्रशतम्: a hundred sons
• पुत्रशतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra + śata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/संख्यापूर्वक: ‘पुत्राणां शतम्’ (a hundred sons)

• प्राप्तम्: obtained; received
• प्राप्तम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pra√āp (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त) ‘प्राप्त’ (obtained/received)

• दिव्यम्: divine
• दिव्यम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: divya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — विशेषण

• वंशधरम्: a lineage-bearer
• वंशधरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vaṃśa + dhara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — उपपद-तत्पुरुष: ‘वंशं धरति’ (one who upholds the lineage)

• तथा: likewise; also
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/रीतिवाचक) — likewise/also

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pārtheśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (mahīpate)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A woman, astonished, performs worship at the liṅga; later, a symbolic tableau of many sons (a hundred) standing as radiant heirs, indicating divine blessing and lineage continuity.

Characters & Entities

• Pārtheśvara (implied)
• the devotee woman (unnamed in snippet)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion performed with awe and sincerity at a famed shrine is portrayed as granting life-supporting blessings, including progeny.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Pārtheśvara sacred presence (linga/shrine) in the Arbuda Khaṇḍa narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Immediate worship (pūjā) of the deity/linga; the verse emphasizes the result (putraśata) rather than detailed procedure.