Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

या च वंध्या भवेन्नारी सा भूयात्पुत्रसंयुता । दुर्भगा च ससौभाग्या कुरूपा रूपसंभवा । रोगिणी रोगनिर्मुक्ता सर्वसौख्यसमन्विता

Transliteration

yā ca vaṃdhyā bhavennārī sā bhūyātputrasaṃyutā | durbhagā ca sasaubhāgyā kurūpā rūpasaṃbhavā | rogiṇī roganirmuktā sarvasaukhyasamanvitā

Translation

สตรีผู้เป็นหมันจักได้บุตร ผู้เคราะห์ร้ายจักเป็นผู้มีสิริมงคล ผู้รูปไม่งามจักได้ความงาม ผู้เจ็บป่วยจักพ้นโรค และจักพรั่งพร้อมด้วยสุขทั้งปวง

Word by Word

• या: she who
• या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; Relative pronoun ‘who(ever)’

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

• वंध्या: barren
• वंध्या: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वन्ध्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; Predicate adjective

• भवेत्: may be
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; ‘may be’

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

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

• भूयात्: may become
• भूयात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; ‘may become’

• पुत्रसंयुता: endowed with a son
• पुत्रसंयुता: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + संयुत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, √युज्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (पुत्रैः/पुत्रेण संयुक्ता = endowed with a son)

• दुर्भगा: unfortunate
• दुर्भगा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुर्भग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

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

• ससौभाग्या: fortunate
• ससौभाग्या: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (उपसर्ग/प्रातिपदिक-पूर्वपद) + सौभाग्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष/सह-भाव (सा + सौभाग्यं यस्याः = possessing good fortune)

• कुरूपा: ugly
• कुरूपा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कुरूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• रूपसंभवा: becoming beautiful
• रूपसंभवा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रूप (प्रातिपदिक) + सम्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी/सप्तमी-तत्पुरुषार्थ (रूपे सम्भवा/रूपसम्भवा = becoming beautiful/possessing beauty)

• रोगिणी: sick
• रोगिणी: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रोगिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘diseased’

• रोगनिर्मुक्ता: freed from disease
• रोगनिर्मुक्ता: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रोग (प्रातिपदिक) + निर्मुक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, √मुच्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; पञ्चमी-तत्पुरुष (रोगात् निर्मुक्ता = freed from disease)

• सर्वसौख्यसमन्विता: endowed with all happiness
• सर्वसौख्यसमन्विता: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + सौख्य (प्रातिपदिक) + समन्वित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, √अन्वि/अन्व्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (सर्वैः सौख्यैः समन्विता = endowed with all happiness)

Speaker

Dhārā (stating the desired scope of Devī’s grace for devotees)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dhārā (Devī)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sequence-like tableau: women devotees before Devī—one praying for a child, another for fortune, another for healing—while Devī’s blessing gesture (varada-mudrā) radiates auspicious symbols (kalasha, lotus, medicinal herbs).

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• putra (son)
• roga (disease)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

At a sanctified tīrtha, the Goddess’s compassion is portrayed as transforming suffering into wholeness and well-being.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Nāgarakhaṇḍa Devī-sthāna where worship yields blessings for health, fertility, and happiness (Adhyāya 169).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The benefits are tied to the preceding acts: offering, pradakṣiṇā, stotra-praise, and bowing at the shrine.