Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

भविष्यति सुपुत्राढ्या सुभगा सा सुखान्विता । ऐश्वर्यसहिता नित्यं सर्वैः समुदिता गुणैः

Transliteration

bhaviṣyati suputrāḍhyā subhagā sā sukhānvitā | aiśvaryasahitā nityaṃ sarvaiḥ samuditā guṇaiḥ

Translation

Nàng sẽ được phúc có những người con trai hiền lương, gặp nhiều may mắn, tràn đầy an lạc—luôn đi cùng phú quý và đầy đủ mọi đức tính tốt lành.

Word by Word

• bhaviṣyati: will become
• bhaviṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• su-putra-āḍhyā: rich in good sons
• su-putra-āḍhyā: Predicate adjective (Viśeṣaṇa/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su (उपसर्ग/अव्यय-पूर्वपद) + putra (प्रातिपदिक) + āḍhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण; 'good sons' + 'rich/abundant'

• su-bhagā: fortunate
• su-bhagā: Predicate adjective (Viśeṣaṇa/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su (अव्यय-पूर्वपद) + bhagā/bhaga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (well-fortuned) विशेषण

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• sukha-anvitā: endowed with happiness
• sukha-anvitā: Predicate adjective (Viśeṣaṇa/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sukha (प्रातिपदिक) + anvita (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त-भाव)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण; तत्पुरुष (endowed with happiness)

• aiśvarya-sahitā: accompanied by prosperity
• aiśvarya-sahitā: Predicate adjective (Viśeṣaṇa/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aiśvarya (प्रातिपदिक) + sahita (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त-भाव)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण; तत्पुरुष (accompanied by prosperity)

• nityam: always
• nityam: Kriya-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nityam (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• sarvaiḥ: with all
• sarvaiḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying guṇaiḥ)

• samuditā: endowed, furnished
• samuditā: Predicate adjective (Viśeṣaṇa/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √mud (धातु) उपसर्ग: sam- → samudita (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle/क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• guṇaiḥ: with virtues/qualities
• guṇaiḥ: Karana/Association (Instrument/सहभाव)
• Type: Noun
• Root: guṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

Speaker

Brahmā (continuing phalaśruti)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Keśava/Vāsudeva (addressed earlier)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A blessed household scene after successful worship: the woman appears radiant and fortunate, surrounded by symbols of prosperity—grain, lamps, and a child—while virtues are suggested through calm demeanor and orderly home shrine.

Characters & Entities

• Subhadrā (contextual)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Puranic dharma links devoted worship with holistic well-being—virtue, prosperity, and family flourishing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is named in this verse; it states the promised results of the worship.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new ritual detail here; it continues the statement of benefits (phala) from the prescribed worship.