Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

स मणिः सवते नित्यं भारानष्टौ दिनेदिने सुवर्णस्य सुशुद्धस्य भक्त्या व्रततपोयुतः

Transliteration

sa maṇiḥ savate nityaṃ bhārānaṣṭau dinedine suvarṇasya suśuddhasya bhaktyā vratatapoyutaḥ

Translation

แก้วมณีนั้นบันดาลทองคำบริสุทธิ์ยิ่ง วันแล้ววันเล่า เป็นนิตย์ถึงแปดภาระ—เป็นผลแห่งผู้ประกอบด้วยภักติ วรต และตบะ

Word by Word

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

• मणिः: the jewel
• मणिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मणि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सः इत्यस्य विशेष्य

• सवते: produces/yields
• सवते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सू (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावेन क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण (adverbial accusative)

• भारान्: bhāras (a weight-measure)
• भारान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; परिमाणवाचक (measure)

• अष्टौ: eight
• अष्टौ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टन् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; संख्यावाचक विशेषण (भारान्)

• दिने: in a day
• दिने: Adhikarana (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• दिने: day by day
• दिने: Kāla-adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति (दिने दिने = प्रतिदिनम्)

• सुवर्णस्य: of gold
• सुवर्णस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुवर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; उत्पाद्यस्य द्रव्यस्य सम्बन्ध

• सुशुद्धस्य: very pure
• सुशुद्धस्य: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुशुद्ध (प्रातिपदिक; सु- + शुद्ध)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (सुवर्णस्य)

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• व्रततपोयुतः: endowed with vow and austerity
• व्रततपोयुतः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्रत-तपस्-युक्त (प्रातिपदिक; व्रत + तपस् + युक्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तृतीया-तत्पुरुष/समाहारार्थः (व्रतेन तपसा च युक्तः)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nāgarāditya (contextual validation through Syamantaka)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Syamantaka jewel placed on a pedestal emits rays; heaps of pure gold appear daily (eight bhāras), while Satrājit stands in reverence, indicating the causal triad: bhakti, vrata, tapas.

Characters & Entities

• Syamantaka-maṇi
• Suvarṇa (gold)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Prosperity is framed as a secondary outcome of devotion and disciplined dharma, not as an end in itself.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues the Prabhāsa/Nāgarāditya-linked narrative by describing the Syamantaka boon; the tīrtha context remains Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly extols bhakti combined with vrata and tapas as the qualifying discipline for divine favor.