Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

गर्भोपनिषदं तत्र पुत्रकामो जपेन्नरः । अपि वन्ध्याप्रसंगेन स्यात्स पुत्रसमन्वितः

Transliteration

garbhopaniṣadaṃ tatra putrakāmo japennaraḥ | api vandhyāprasaṃgena syātsa putrasamanvitaḥ

Translation

ณ ที่นั้น บุรุษผู้ปรารถนาบุตรพึงสวดภาวนา “ครรโภปนิษัท”; แม้มีเคราะห์แห่งความเป็นหมัน ก็ย่อมได้ความสมบูรณ์ด้วยบุตร

Word by Word

• गर्भोपनिषदम्: the Garbhopaniṣad
• गर्भोपनिषदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्भ + उपनिषद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (गर्भस्य उपनिषद्)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; स्थानवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• पुत्रकामः: desirous of a son
• पुत्रकामः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुत्र + काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पुत्रस्य कामः)

• जपेत्: should recite
• जपेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle: ‘even/also’)

• वन्ध्याप्रसङ्गेन: by the circumstance of barrenness
• वन्ध्याप्रसङ्गेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन्ध्या + प्रसङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (वन्ध्यायाः प्रसङ्गः) — ‘by/through the circumstance of barrenness’

• स्यात्: would become
• स्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

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

• पुत्रसमन्वितः: endowed with sons
• पुत्रसमन्वितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुत्र + समन्वित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तृतीया-तत्पुरुषः (पुत्रैः समन्वितः) — ‘endowed with sons’

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: pitha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A couple at a shrine-pīṭha; the man recites from a palm-leaf manuscript labeled ‘Garbhopaniṣad’; a priest kindles a small homa-fire; the wife offers flowers and water, with a compassionate divine presence implied.

Characters & Entities

• Garbhopaniṣad
• Japa
• Putra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred recitation aligned with dharma is depicted as transforming even adverse circumstances, affirming hope through tīrtha and śāstra.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The pīṭha being praised in Adhyāya 36, described as especially effective for putra-siddhi.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Japa/recitation of the Garbhopaniṣad for one seeking progeny.