Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

नभसः शुक्लपंचम्यां फलैः पूजां करोति च । अपि वर्षशता नारी सा भविष्यति पुत्रिणी

Transliteration

nabhasaḥ śuklapaṃcamyāṃ phalaiḥ pūjāṃ karoti ca | api varṣaśatā nārī sā bhaviṣyati putriṇī

Translation

நபஸ் மாதத்தின் சுக்ல பஞ்சமியில் பழங்களால் பூஜை செய்பவள், நூறு ஆண்டுகள் பிள்ளையில்லாதவளாயினும் சந்தானம் பெற்று பிள்ளையுடையவளாகிறாள்.

Word by Word

• नभसः: of Nabhas (month)
• नभसः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नभस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• शुक्लपंचम्याम्: on the bright fifth lunar day
• शुक्लपंचम्याम्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुक्ल (प्रातिपदिक) + पञ्चमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (शुक्ला पञ्चमी)

• फलैः: with fruits
• फलैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• पूजाम्: worship
• पूजाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• करोति: does/performs
• करोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

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

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

• वर्षशता: (even) a hundred-years (old)
• वर्षशता: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (शतं वर्षाणि यस्याः/या)

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

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

• भविष्यति: will become
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• पुत्रिणी: having a son/children
• पुत्रिणी: Karta (Subject complement/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुत्रिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (possessive: having a son/children)

Speaker

Vasiṣṭha

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda-tīrtha (within Arbuda-khaṇḍa narration)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devoted woman on bright Pañcamī in Nabhas offers a platter of seasonal fruits at a tīrtha-side shrine, lamps flickering, with attendants and other pilgrims nearby; the atmosphere is hopeful and sanctified.

Characters & Entities

• Vasiṣṭha
• Nabhas (month)
• Śukla-paṃcamī
• Nāga-tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma links time (tithi), place (tīrtha), and simple offerings into a focused act of devotion believed to transform destiny.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Nāga-tīrtha, within the Arbuda-khaṇḍa sacred geography, as a site granting offspring through timed worship and bathing.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

On Nabhas month’s Śukla Pañcamī, perform pūjā with fruit offerings (phala-pūjā); the stated fruit is putra-lābha (offspring).