Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

नवमे दशमे वापि प्रबलैः सूतिमारुतैः । निर्गच्छते बाण इव यन्त्रच्छिद्रेण सज्वरः

Transliteration

navame daśame vāpi prabalaiḥ sūtimārutaiḥ | nirgacchate bāṇa iva yantracchidreṇa sajvaraḥ

Translation

في الشهر التاسع، بل حتى العاشر، تدفعه رياحُ الولادة القوية فيخرج الطفل—كسهمٍ ينفذ من ثقبِ آلة—وغالباً ما يصحبه كربٌ محموم.

Word by Word

• नवमे: in the ninth
• नवमे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नवम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; क्रमवाचक

• दशमे: in the tenth
• दशमे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दशम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; क्रमवाचक

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Alternative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्प-अव्यय (or)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (also/even)

• प्रबलैः: by strong
• प्रबलैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रबल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; विशेषण; करण

• सूति-मारुतैः: by the birth-winds (labor winds)
• सूति-मारुतैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूति (प्रातिपदिक) + मारुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; करण; समासार्थः—सूतेः (प्रसवस्य) मारुताः

• निर्गच्छते: goes out/emerges
• निर्गच्छते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: निर् + √गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• बाणः: an arrow
• बाणः: Upamana (Standard of comparison/उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; उपमान (simile term)

• इव: like
• इव: Sambandha (Comparison/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमा-अव्यय (like/as)

• यन्त्र-छिद्रेण: through the opening of an instrument
• यन्त्र-छिद्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक) + छिद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; करण; समासार्थः—यन्त्रस्य छिद्रम्

• स-ज्वरः: with fever; feverish
• स-ज्वरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज्वर (प्रातिपदिक) + स (उपसर्ग/सह-अर्थ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण; समासार्थः—ज्वरेण सह

Speaker

Unspecified (narratorial voice within Revākhaṇḍa; likely a Purāṇic teacher addressing a king—cf. 'nṛpa' later in the adhyāya)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Symbolic mechanical simile: a stylized yantra with an aperture; an arrow-like infant form propelled outward by swirling wind-gods (vāyu), with a red fever aura indicating jvara.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It underscores the vulnerability and suffering inherent in embodied birth, preparing the listener for the Purāṇic emphasis on dharma and liberating tīrthas.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse is part of the lead-up in Revākhaṇḍa; the adhyāya culminates in the glorification of Narakeśvara Tīrtha on the Narmadā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None here; it is descriptive, setting context for later tīrtha-related merit and deliverance.