Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

ततः सा विस्मयाविष्टा पूजयामास तत्तदा । ततः पुत्रशतं प्राप्तं दिव्यं वंशधरं तथा

Transliteration

tataḥ sā vismayāviṣṭā pūjayāmāsa tattadā | tataḥ putraśataṃ prāptaṃ divyaṃ vaṃśadharaṃ tathā

Translation

پھر وہ حیرت میں ڈوبی ہوئی اسی وقت اس کی پوجا کرنے لگی۔ اس کے بعد اسے سو بیٹے حاصل ہوئے—الٰہی اور نسل کو قائم رکھنے کے لائق۔

Word by Word

• ततः: thereafter; then
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — ‘ततः’ = तस्मात्/तदनन्तरम् (from there/thereafter)

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — सर्वनाम (she)

• विस्मयाविष्टा: overcome with wonder
• विस्मयाविष्टा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi√smi + ā√viś (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त) ‘आविष्ट’ (entered/possessed) + ‘विस्मय’ (wonder) = विस्मयेन आविष्टा (possessed by wonder)

• पूजयामास: worshipped
• पूजयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √pūj (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परिप्रास-परफेक्ट/Periphrastic perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — ‘पूजयामास’ (he/she worshipped)

• तत्: that (object/linga)
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — सर्वनाम (that)

• तदा: then; at that time
• तदा: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण) — then/at that time

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — thereafter

• पुत्रशतम्: a hundred sons
• पुत्रशतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra + śata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/संख्यापूर्वक: ‘पुत्राणां शतम्’ (a hundred sons)

• प्राप्तम्: obtained; received
• प्राप्तम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pra√āp (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त) ‘प्राप्त’ (obtained/received)

• दिव्यम्: divine
• दिव्यम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: divya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — विशेषण

• वंशधरम्: a lineage-bearer
• वंशधरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vaṃśa + dhara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — उपपद-तत्पुरुष: ‘वंशं धरति’ (one who upholds the lineage)

• तथा: likewise; also
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/रीतिवाचक) — likewise/also

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pārtheśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (mahīpate)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A woman, astonished, performs worship at the liṅga; later, a symbolic tableau of many sons (a hundred) standing as radiant heirs, indicating divine blessing and lineage continuity.

Characters & Entities

• Pārtheśvara (implied)
• the devotee woman (unnamed in snippet)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion performed with awe and sincerity at a famed shrine is portrayed as granting life-supporting blessings, including progeny.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Pārtheśvara sacred presence (linga/shrine) in the Arbuda Khaṇḍa narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Immediate worship (pūjā) of the deity/linga; the verse emphasizes the result (putraśata) rather than detailed procedure.