Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 69

Devanagari script

ततो जगन्मं गलदा मेना हिमगिरेः प्रिया । ब्राह्मे मुहूर्ते सुभगे प्रासूयत शुभाननाम्

Transliteration

tato jaganmaṃ galadā menā himagireḥ priyā | brāhme muhūrte subhage prāsūyata śubhānanām

Translation

ثمّ إنّ مِنا، حبيبةَ هِمَغِري—جالبةَ اليُمنِ للعالَم—وضعت في «البراهما مُهورتا» المباركة مولودًا ذا وجهٍ بهيّ.

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — ‘then’

• जगन्मङ्गलदा: bestower of the world’s auspiciousness
• जगन्मङ्गलदा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक) + मङ्गल (प्रातिपदिक) + दा (धातु) → द (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्ताधारित)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समासः—जगतः मङ्गलम् ददाति इति (उपपद-तत्पुरुष) — epithet of Menā

• मेना: Menā
• मेना: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — in apposition to जगन्मङ्गलदा

• हिमगिरेः: of Himagiri (the हिमालय)
• हिमगिरेः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिमगिरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन — ‘of Himagiri’

• प्रिया: beloved (wife)
• प्रिया: Karta (Predicate/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — predicate adjective of मेना

• ब्राह्मे: in the Brahma (auspicious)
• ब्राह्मे: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ब्राह्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — qualifying मुहूर्ते (‘in the Brahma-muhūrta’)

• मुहूर्ते: at the muhūrta
• मुहूर्ते: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुहूर्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — time-locative

• सुभगे: auspicious
• सुभगे: Adhikarana (Time qualifier/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुभग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — qualifying मुहूर्ते

• प्रासूयत: gave birth
• प्रासूयत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + सू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत/Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद — ‘gave birth’

• शुभाननाम्: the fair-faced (daughter)
• शुभाननाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक) + आनन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; समासः—शुभम् आननम् यस्याः सा (कर्मधारय) — object of प्रासूयत

Speaker

Sūta narrating (deduced).

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Brāhma-muhūrta (as kāla-tīrtha, implied)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the blessed pre-dawn brāhma-muhūrta, Menā gives birth to a radiant, beautiful-faced child; the room glows with soft dawn-light, Himalaya standing witness.

Characters & Entities

• Menā
• Himagiri (Himālaya)
• Brāhma-muhūrta

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred time (Brāhma-muhūrta) is portrayed as highly auspicious, aligning human events with dharmic and cosmic harmony.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No named pilgrimage site is praised; the Himalayan realm is the narrative backdrop.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly highlights Brāhma-muhūrta as an auspicious period; no explicit rite is commanded in this verse.