Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 90

Devanagari script

संप्राप्ते त्रिदिवैश्वर्ये यत्सुखं पुण्यकर्मणाम् । तस्माच्छतगुणं प्राप सा राज्ञी सुखमुत्तमम्

Transliteration

saṃprāpte tridivaiśvarye yatsukhaṃ puṇyakarmaṇām | tasmācchataguṇaṃ prāpa sā rājñī sukhamuttamam

Translation

تینوں آسمانوں کی سلطنت پا کر نیک اعمال والوں کو جو مسرت ملتی ہے، اس سے سو گنا بڑھ کر اس ملکہ نے اعلیٰ ترین سرور پایا۔

Word by Word

• संप्राप्ते: when (it was) attained
• संप्राप्ते: Adhikaraṇa (Locative setting)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संप्राप्त (कृदन्त; √आप्/√प्राप् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative); एकवचन (सप्तमी-absolute/locative setting)

• त्रिदिव: heaven (threefold sky)
• त्रिदिव: Viśeṣaṇa-aṅga (Qualifier in compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिदिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासपूर्वपद (compound member)

• ऐश्वर्ये: in heavenly sovereignty
• ऐश्वर्ये: Adhikaraṇa (Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऐश्वर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति; एकवचन; समासः: त्रिदिव-ऐश्वर्य (heavenly sovereignty)

• यत्: which/that
• यत्: Sambandha (Correlative)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन (correlative)

• सुखम्: happiness
• सुखम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• पुण्य: meritorious
• पुण्य: Viśeṣaṇa-aṅga (Qualifier in compound)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासपूर्वपद (compound member)

• कर्मणाम्: of the meritorious (doers)
• कर्मणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति; बहुवचन; समासः: पुण्य-कर्मन् (of meritorious deeds/actors of meritorious deeds)

• तस्मात्: from that/than that
• तस्मात्: Apādāna (Source/Comparison base)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative); एकवचन

• शत: hundred
• शत: Viśeṣaṇa-aṅga (Qualifier in compound)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासपूर्वपद (compound member; numeral)

• गुणम्: hundredfold (measure)
• गुणम्: Karma (Object/extent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन; समासः: शत-गुण (hundredfold)

• प्राप: obtained
• प्राप: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √आप्/√प्राप् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन

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

• राज्ञी: the queen
• राज्ञी: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्ञी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• सुखम्: happiness
• सुखम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• उत्तमम्: supreme
• उत्तमम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective of सुखम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (not specified in snippet; likely Purāṇic narrator within Brahmottarakhaṇḍa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: An allegorical tableau: the queen bathed in a radiant aura, with faint celestial imagery behind—Indra-like regalia and the three heavens suggested—yet her bliss shown as surpassing even that celestial sovereignty.

Characters & Entities

• Queen (rājñī)
• Tridiva (three heavens)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Grace-bestowed joy can surpass even the rewards of heavenly merit, pointing beyond mere karmic prosperity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned; this is a phala-style comparison of happiness and merit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse highlights the fruit (phala) of the event as incomparable bliss.