Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

सुखसौभाग्यसंपन्नस्तदा भवति रूपवान् । सर्वकामसमृद्धात्मा मोदते दिवि देववत्

Transliteration

sukhasaubhāgyasaṃpannastadā bhavati rūpavān | sarvakāmasamṛddhātmā modate divi devavat

Translation

تب وہ سکھ اور سَوبھاگیہ سے بھرپور، خوبصورت ہو جاتا ہے۔ سب خواہشوں میں کامل ہو کر، دیوتا کی طرح سُورگ میں مسرور رہتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• sukha-saubhāgya-saṃpannaḥ: endowed with happiness and good fortune
• sukha-saubhāgya-saṃpannaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sukha (प्रातिपदिक) + saubhāgya (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃpanna (कृदन्त; √pad/√pād with सम्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषसमासः (सुखेन/सुखस्य च सौभाग्यस्य च संपन्नः = endowed with happiness and good fortune)

• tadā: then
• tadā: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• bhavati: becomes, is
• bhavati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (3rd sg.)

• rūpavān: handsome, possessing beauty
• rūpavān: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: rūpa-vat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; मतुप्-प्रत्ययान्त (possessive adj.)

• sarva-kāma-samṛddha-ātmā: whose being is fulfilled with all desires
• sarva-kāma-samṛddha-ātmā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + kāma (प्रातिपदिक) + samṛddha (कृदन्त; √ṛdh with सम्) + ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—‘यस्य आत्मा सर्वकामैः समृद्धः’ (whose self is fulfilled with all desires)

• modate: rejoices
• modate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: mud (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (3rd sg.)

• divi: in heaven
• divi: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: div (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (द्यौः), सप्तमी, एकवचन (loc. sg.)

• devavat: like a god
• devavat: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: deva-vat (अव्यय/तद्धितान्त)
• Form: तद्धितान्त-अव्यय (वत्-प्रत्यय), उपमानवाचक (comparative adverb)

Speaker

Unknown (continuation of Rāhvīśvara Māhātmya; likely Īśvara/Śiva to Devī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (darśana of Jagaddīpa-liṅga)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee, blessed after darśana, is shown radiant and fortunate; the scene transitions to a celestial court where he rejoices like a deva, garlanded and luminous.

Characters & Entities

• Svarga (divi)
• Devas (devavat)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred-site devotion is framed as dharmic prosperity: joy, fortune, fulfillment, and elevated posthumous states.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Rāhvīśvara in Prabhāsakṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, worship/darśana leading to puṇya; no distinct rite beyond devotion is specified in this verse.