Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

श्रीदेव्युवाच । अद्यप्रभृति युष्माकं सौभाग्यं पतिसंभवम् । मत्प्रसादादसंदिग्धं भविष्यति सुखोदयम्

Transliteration

śrīdevyuvāca | adyaprabhṛti yuṣmākaṃ saubhāgyaṃ patisaṃbhavam | matprasādādasaṃdigdhaṃ bhaviṣyati sukhodayam

Translation

พระเทวีผู้เป็นมงคลตรัสว่า: ตั้งแต่วันนี้เป็นต้นไป ศุภมงคลแห่งชีวิตคู่ของพวกเจ้า อันเกิดจากสามี ด้วยพระกรุณาของเรา จักเป็นบ่อเกิดแห่งความสุขโดยแน่นอน

Word by Word

• श्रीदेवी: the auspicious Goddess
• श्रीदेवी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीदेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समासः कर्मधारयः (श्रीः + देवी)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• अद्य: today
• अद्य: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• प्रभृति: from (this time) onward
• प्रभृति: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रभृति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपादानार्थे/आरम्भार्थे (from, beginning with)

• युष्माकम्: of you (plural)
• युष्माकम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; (of you all)

• सौभाग्यम्: good fortune
• सौभाग्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौभाग्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• पति: husband
• पति: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषार्थे पूर्वपद (in compound)

• संभवम्: arising from (one’s) husband
• संभवम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + भू (धातु) → सम्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पति-सम्भवम् = पतेः सम्भवम्)

• मत्: my
• मत्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th) एकवचन-रूपम् (enclitic stem: mat-) पूर्वपद (in compound)

• प्रसादात्: from (my) grace
• प्रसादात्: Apadana (Source/Cause/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (मत्-प्रसादात् = मम प्रसादात्)

• असंदिग्धम्: undoubted, certain
• असंदिग्धम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ + संदिग्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; नञ्-प्रत्यय (negation)

• भविष्यति: will be
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• सुख: happiness
• सुख: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; पूर्वपद (in compound)

• उदयम्: rise/attainment (of happiness)
• उदयम्: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (सुख-उदयम् = सुखस्य उदयः)

Speaker

Śrī Devī (Durgā/Caṇḍikā)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A compassionate Devī addresses women devotees, granting assured saubhāgya and ‘sukha-udaya’ by her prasāda at her sacred seat.

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Devī
• Soma (implied husband-context)
• Dakṣakanyāḥ

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devī’s prasāda restores auspicious order and well-being, showing grace as the decisive force behind lasting happiness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The boon is delivered within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa tīrtha-kṣetra narrative; the verse itself does not name the site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is prescribed here; it is the declaration of the boon resulting from prior worship and tapas.