Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 202

Devanagari script

यस्यैतत्तिष्ठते गेहे लिखितं पुस्तकं नृप । तस्यापि वांछिताः कामाः संपद्यते दिनेदिने

Transliteration

yasyaitattiṣṭhate gehe likhitaṃ pustakaṃ nṛpa | tasyāpi vāṃchitāḥ kāmāḥ saṃpadyate dinedine

Translation

اے بادشاہ! جس کے گھر یہ لکھی ہوئی کتاب محفوظ ہو، اس کی بھی چاہی ہوئی مرادیں روز بروز پوری ہوتی رہتی ہیں۔

Word by Word

• yasya: whose
• yasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; relative pronoun

• etat: this
• etat: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• tiṣṭhate: remains/is kept
• tiṣṭhate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sthā (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• gehe: in the house
• gehe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gṛha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• likhitam: written
• likhitam: Karta (Subject-Qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: likhita (लिखित, कृदन्त from √likh)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle) qualifying pustakam

• pustakam: book
• pustakam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pustaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• nṛpa: O king
• nṛpa: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; demonstrative pronoun

• api: also, even
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-अव्यय (particle: also/even)

• vāṃchitāḥ: desired
• vāṃchitāḥ: Karta (Subject-Qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vāṃchita (वाञ्छित, कृदन्त from √vāñch)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; भूतकृदन्त qualifying kāmāḥ

• kāmāḥ: wishes
• kāmāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• saṃpadyate: come to pass/are fulfilled
• saṃpadyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-√pad (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

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

• dine: day by day
• dine: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dina (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति (iterative)

Speaker

Pulastya (deduced from immediate continuation in Adhyāya 37)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda-māhātmya (likhita-pustaka-gṛha-phala)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (nṛpa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A household shrine shelf holds a wrapped manuscript labeled Arbuda-māhātmya; family members offer a lamp and flowers, suggesting daily auspiciousness.

Characters & Entities

• Pustaka (written manuscript)
• Gṛha (house)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Reverent preservation of sacred text is treated as a living devotional act that sustains ongoing auspicious results.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Arbuda-related māhātmya text itself is praised; its presence in a home is said to confer continual auspiciousness.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Keeping the written ‘pustaka’ (manuscript/book) of this sacred account in one’s house.