Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 77

Devanagari script

स सौभाग्यसमायुक्तो रूपवांश्च प्रजायते । या नारी पतिना त्यक्ता सपत्नीजनसंवृता

Transliteration

sa saubhāgyasamāyukto rūpavāṃśca prajāyate | yā nārī patinā tyaktā sapatnījanasaṃvṛtā

Translation

เขาบังเกิดพร้อมด้วยสิริมงคลและรูปโฉมงดงาม และสตรีผู้ถูกสามีทอดทิ้ง ถูกห้อมล้อมด้วยภรรยาร่วม—

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• सौभाग्य-समायुक्तः: endowed with good fortune
• सौभाग्य-समायुक्तः: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (कर्तृ-समानााधिकरण/Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सौभाग्य (प्रातिपदिक) + समायुक्त (कृदन्त; सम्-आ-युज् धातु, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (adjectival participle)

• रूपवान्: handsome
• रूपवान्: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रूपवत् (प्रातिपदिक; मतुप्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• प्रजायते: is born; comes to be
• प्रजायते: Kriyā (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• या: who (that woman)
• या: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• नारी: woman
• नारी: Karta (कर्ता/Subject; apposition to या)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पतिना: by (her) husband
• पतिना: Karana (करण/Instrument; agent in passive sense)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• त्यक्ता: abandoned
• त्यक्ता: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (predicate adjective of नारी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्यक्त (कृदन्त; त्यज् धातु, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि-विशेषण (past passive participle)

• सपत्नीजन-संवृता: surrounded by co-wives’ people
• सपत्नीजन-संवृता: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (predicate adjective of नारी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सपत्नी (प्रातिपदिक) + जन (प्रातिपदिक) + संवृत (कृदन्त; सम्-√वृ धातु, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (past participle)

Speaker

Kārttikeya (Skanda) (deduced; verse continues beyond snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Saubhāgya-kūpikā (implied by chapter context)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (standard frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sorrowful woman, set apart among co-wives, approaches a sacred spot with folded hands; the atmosphere suggests a vow for restoration of fortune and dignity.

Characters & Entities

• Woman abandoned by husband (nārī)
• Co-wives (sapatnī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-based worship is presented as a dharmic support for wellbeing, dignity, and auspicious household life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The benefits are tied to the same Nāgarakhaṇḍa sacred setting of Kāmeśvara/Smara worship described in this adhyāya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

This verse states results; the prescription is the preceding Trayodaśī worship with devotion and offerings.