Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 43

Devanagari script

गौर्या वरप्रदानेन शारदा विशदव्रता । दधार गर्भं स्वप्नेपि भर्तुः संगानुभावतः

Transliteration

gauryā varapradānena śāradā viśadavratā | dadhāra garbhaṃ svapnepi bhartuḥ saṃgānubhāvataḥ

Translation

因吉祥天女高丽（Gaurī）赐予恩愿，持守清净誓戒的舍罗达（Śāradā）竟于梦中亦得受孕，乃由其夫妇合一之力在梦境中显现所致。

Word by Word

• गौर्या: by Gaurī
• गौर्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गौरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; Instrumental singular

• वर-प्रदानेन: by the granting of a boon
• वर-प्रदानेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रदान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Instrumental singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (वरस्य प्रदानम्)

• शारदा: Śāradā
• शारदा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शारदा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular

• विशद-व्रता: of pure vow
• विशद-व्रता: Karta-anvaya (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विशद (प्रातिपदिक) + व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular; कर्मधारय (विशदं व्रतं यस्याः/या)

• दधार: bore, conceived
• दधार: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: धृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; 3rd sg perfect

• गर्भम्: a fetus, pregnancy
• गर्भम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्भ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular

• स्वप्ने: in a dream
• स्वप्ने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वप्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Locative singular

• अपि: even, also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic/also/even)

• भर्तुः: of (her) husband
• भर्तुः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भर्तृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Genitive singular

• संग-अनुभावतः: due to the effect of union/association
• संग-अनुभावतः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: संग (प्रातिपदिक) + अनुभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (ablatival adverb) ‘-तः’; तत्पुरुष (संगस्य अनुभावः)

Speaker

Sūta (contextual continuation)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śāradā, serene yet inwardly astonished, receives Gaurī’s boon; a dreamlike aura suggests the husband’s presence as a subtle, luminous form; the womb-glow is symbolic rather than explicit.

Characters & Entities

• Gaurī
• Śāradā
• Husband (bhartā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace can accomplish what seems impossible, while emphasizing the ideal of purity of vow and the mysterious workings of boon and destiny.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is prescribed; the verse describes the miraculous effect of a boon.