Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

न दौर्भाग्यं स्त्रियश्चैव न वैधव्यं कदाचन । स्नात्वा गौरीतीर्थवरे सर्वान्कामानवाप्नुयात्

Transliteration

na daurbhāgyaṃ striyaścaiva na vaidhavyaṃ kadācana | snātvā gaurītīrthavare sarvānkāmānavāpnuyāt

Translation

عورتوں کے لیے نہ بد نصیبی ہے اور نہ کبھی بیوگی۔ بہترین گوری تیرتھ میں اشنان کر کے انسان اپنی تمام مطلوبہ مرادیں پا لیتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• daurbhāgyam: misfortune
• daurbhāgyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daurbhāgya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• striyaḥ: women
• striyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: strī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• eva: indeed/just
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• vaidhavyam: widowhood
• vaidhavyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vaidhavya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• kadācana: ever/at any time
• kadācana: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kadācana (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• snātvā: having bathed
• snātvā: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: snā (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund), धातु: स्ना (स्नाने)

• gaurītīrthavare: in the excellent Gaurī-tīrtha
• gaurītīrthavare: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaurī + tīrtha + vara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (तīrtha), सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; समास: गौरी-तीर्थ-वर (श्रेष्ठं गौरीतीर्थम्)

• sarvān: all
• sarvān: Karma (Qualifier of object/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (कामाान्)

• kāmān: desires
• kāmān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• avāpnuyāt: may obtain
• avāpnuyāt: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ava-āp (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; धातु: आप् (प्राप्तौ) उपसर्ग: अव

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Dvārakā Māhātmya; specific speaker not explicit in this verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gaurī-tīrtha (Gaurī-saras)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Women devotees perform snāna at Gaurī-tīrtha, offering red flowers and kumkuma; the atmosphere conveys protection from misfortune and the granting of heartfelt wishes.

Characters & Entities

• Gaurī-tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Faithful engagement with tīrtha-dharma is portrayed as supporting auspiciousness, protection, and fulfillment of rightful aims.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Gaurī-tīrtha (the foremost tīrtha of Gaurī) at Dvārakā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (bathing) at Gaurī-tīrtha as a devotional observance for auspicious results.