Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

तावज्जन्मांतराण्येव सा सौभाग्यमवाप्नुयात्

Transliteration

tāvajjanmāṃtarāṇyeva sā saubhāgyamavāpnuyāt

Translation

…ตลอดจำนวนชาติภพเท่านั้น นางย่อมได้ถึงความเป็นสิริมงคลและโชคอันประเสริฐแน่นอน

Word by Word

• तावत्: so many
• तावत्: Sambandha (Correlative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; परिमाणवाचक (so many/that many)

• जन्मान्तराणि: other births; successive lifetimes
• जन्मान्तराणि: Adhikarana (Extent/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्म+अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Nominative plural; समासः—तत्पुरुष (जन्मनः अन्तरम्)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (only/indeed)

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Pronoun, nominative singular

• सौभाग्यम्: good fortune
• सौभाग्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौभाग्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular

• अवाप्नुयात्: may obtain
• अवाप्नुयात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव+आप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (सम्भावना/आशीः), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; Optative, 3rd person singular

Speaker

Unclear from snippet (continuation of the lamp-offering statement)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The lamp continues to burn; the narrative zooms out into a symbolic sequence of successive births represented as a garland of scenes, all linked by the same flame of saubhāgya.

Characters & Entities

• Saubhāgya
• Prabhāsakṣetra (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Small acts of devotion at a kṣetra are framed as producing long-lasting karmic fruits across multiple births.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, continuing the account of offerings made at Gaurī’s sacred place.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

This verse states the fruit (phala) of the previously mentioned ghee-lamp offering.