Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

त्वया तस्याः सुतं दृष्ट्वा पुत्रवांछा कृता हृदि । तव गर्भगतो नूनं पुत्रः पुत्रि भविष्यति

Transliteration

tvayā tasyāḥ sutaṃ dṛṣṭvā putravāṃchā kṛtā hṛdi | tava garbhagato nūnaṃ putraḥ putri bhaviṣyati

Translation

เมื่อท่านเห็นบุตรของนาง ความปรารถนาจะมีบุตรก็เกิดขึ้นในดวงใจ ดังนั้นเด็กที่อยู่ในครรภ์ของท่าน บุตรีเอ๋ย ย่อมเป็นบุตรชายของท่านอย่างแน่นอน

Word by Word

• tvayā: by you
• tvayā: Karana (Instrument/Agent in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति (instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• tasyāḥ: of her
• tasyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• sutam: son
• sutam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: suta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय-कृदन्त (gerund/absolutive): 'having seen'

• putravāṃchā: desire for a son
• putravāṃchā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक) + vāṃchā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (पुत्रस्य वाञ्छा)

• kṛtā: was made/arose
• kṛtā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (बुद्ध्या/वाञ्छा इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)

• hṛdi: in the heart
• hṛdi: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hṛd (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• tava: your
• tava: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• garbhagataḥ: gone into (your) womb; in the womb
• garbhagataḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: garbha (प्रातिपदिक) + gata (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (गर्भं गतः = 'gone into the womb')

• nūnam: surely
• nūnam: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nūnam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थक-निपातः (particle: 'surely')

• putraḥ: a son
• putraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• putri: a daughter
• putri: Karta (Predicate nominative/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (विधेय-नाम)

• bhaviṣyati: will become
• bhaviṣyati: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकारः (Simple Future), प्रथम-पुरुषः, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Aśarīriṇī Vāk (divine voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-tīrtha (episode tīrtha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Gautamī (addressed as 'putri')

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A celestial voice blesses Gautamī, indicating the child in her womb will be a son; she stands near the sacred waters, hands on her abdomen, expression shifting from fear to relief.

Characters & Entities

• Gautamī
• tīrtha boon
• son (putra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A heartfelt wish formed in a tīrtha setting becomes efficacious; divine speech reframes anxiety into assurance grounded in tīrtha-prabhāva.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

The Arbuda-region water-tīrtha whose power turns Gautamī’s inner longing into the boon of progeny.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The implied practice is tīrtha-connection (standing/bathing) combined with mental saṅkalpa; no separate external rite is specified in this verse.