Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

इयं स्त्री पुत्रकामस्य बभ्रोरमिततेजसः । ऋषयः साधु जानीत किमियं जनयिष्यति

Transliteration

iyaṃ strī putrakāmasya babhroramitatejasaḥ | ṛṣayaḥ sādhu jānīta kimiyaṃ janayiṣyati

Translation

“Người nữ này thuộc về Babhru, bậc rực rỡ vô lượng, đang khát cầu một người con trai. Hỡi các Ṛṣi, xin biết cho đúng—nàng sẽ sinh ra điều gì?”

Word by Word

• iyam: this
• iyam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• strī: woman
• strī: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: strī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• putra-kāmasya: of one desiring a son
• putra-kāmasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक) + kāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (पुत्रस्य कामः/पुत्रकामः)

• babhroḥ: of Babhru
• babhroḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: babhru (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन

• amita-tejasaḥ: of (him) of immeasurable splendor
• amita-tejasaḥ: Sambandha (Genitive qualifier/षष्ठी-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: amita (प्रातिपदिक) + tejas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (अमितं तेजः यस्य)

• ṛṣayaḥ: O sages
• ṛṣayaḥ: Sambodhana/Addressed (Vocative sense)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन

• sādhu: well, properly
• sādhu: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sādhu (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रशंसार्थक-अव्यय/क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of approval)

• jānīta: please know
• jānīta: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jñā (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यम-पुरुष, बहुवचन

• kim: what
• kim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक सर्वनाम

• iyam: this (woman)
• iyam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• janayiṣyati: will give birth to / will produce
• janayiṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; णिच्-प्रत्यय (causative) ‘janay-’

Speaker

Yādavas/Bhojas (collectively; addressing the ṛṣis)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis addressed by Yādava party (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pregnant woman associated with Babhru is presented before a circle of austere sages; the moment is charged with ominous curiosity as the question of the unborn is posed.

Characters & Entities

• Babhru
• ṛṣis

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred authority is not a tool for entertainment; dharma requires humility and truthful inquiry, not deception.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse is part of the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya’s lead-up narrative; it indirectly supports the sanctity of Prabhāsa by explaining the karmic chain that culminates there.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it narrates a deceptive question posed to sages, setting up the curse motif.