Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 70

Devanagari script

पुत्रेष्ट्या पुत्रकामस्य याजकोऽभून्महामुनिः । ततो मुनिप्रसादेन राजा दशरथोपमः

Transliteration

putreṣṭyā putrakāmasya yājako'bhūnmahāmuniḥ | tato muniprasādena rājā daśarathopamaḥ

Translation

เพื่อพระราชาผู้ปรารถนาบุตร มหามุนีได้เป็นยาชกประกอบพิธีบูชาในยัญญ์ปุตเรษฐี ครั้นแล้วด้วยพระกรุณาแห่งมุนี พระราชาก็เป็นดุจทศรถ ผู้ได้พรแห่งโอรส

Word by Word

• पुत्रेष्ट्या: by the putreṣṭi sacrifice
• पुत्रेष्ट्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra-iṣṭi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन (instrumental singular)

• पुत्रकामस्य: of (the one) desiring a son
• पुत्रकामस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: putra-kāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; विशेषण (genitive singular)

• याजकः: officiating priest
• याजकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yājaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (nominative singular)

• अभूत्: became/was
• अभूत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist/लुङ्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• महामुनिः: the great sage
• महामुनिः: Karta (Apposition/समनाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā-muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (nominative singular)

• ततः: then/thereupon
• ततः: Desha-Kala (Temporal/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रम/हेतु/अपादानार्थे (adverb: then/thereupon)

• मुनिप्रसादेन: by the sage’s grace
• मुनिप्रसादेन: Karana (Instrument/Cause/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni-prasāda (प्रातिपदिक; muni ‘sage’ + prasāda ‘grace’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन (instrumental singular)

• राजा: the king
• राजा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (nominative singular)

• दशरथोपमः: like Daśaratha
• दशरथोपमः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: daśaratha-upama (प्रातिपदिक; Daśaratha + upama ‘like’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषण (nominative singular)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual, within Setukhaṇḍa narration)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A grand Putreṣṭi sacrifice: fire altar blazing, priests chanting, Śāṇḍilya as chief officiant, the king offering oblations with focused devotion; auspicious smoke rising straight.

Characters & Entities

• Putreṣṭi
• Daśaratha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharmic rites performed under a realized priest, joined with grace (prasāda), are portrayed as efficacious for legitimate worldly aims.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is praised in this verse; it is a ritual-narrative segment within the Setukhaṇḍa frame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Putreṣṭi-yajña (a sacrifice undertaken for obtaining progeny), with the sage serving as yājaka (officiant).