Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 48
Devanagari script
द्वितीयं तु तथा मासं घनीभूतः स तिष्ठति । तस्यावयवनिर्माणं तृतीये मासि जायते
Transliteration
dvitīyaṃ tu tathā māsaṃ ghanībhūtaḥ sa tiṣṭhati | tasyāvayavanirmāṇaṃ tṛtīye māsi jāyate
Translation
في الشهر الثاني يبقى، وقد ازداد تكاثفًا. وفي الشهر الثالث يبدأ تكوُّن أعضائه وأجزائه.
Word by Word
द्वितीयम्the second (month)
द्वितीयम्:
Kriya-visheshana (Temporal extent/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootद्वितीय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; ordinal used adverbially with time-measure
तुthen/indeed
तु:
Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निपात (contrast/emphasis)
तथाthus, likewise
तथा:
Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (manner adverb)
मासम्a month
मासम्:
Karma (Extent/measure as object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootमास (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; कालपरिमाण (time-measure)
घनीभूतःhaving become dense/solid
घनीभूतः:
Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootघन (प्रातिपदिक) + ई-√भू (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त ‘having become dense/solidified’
सःhe/it
सः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; demonstrative pronoun
तिष्ठतिremains
तिष्ठति:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√स्था (धातु)
Formलट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; parasmaipada
तस्यof it/of him
तस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन
अवयवनिर्माणम्formation of limbs
अवयवनिर्माणम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअवयव (प्रातिपदिक) + निर्माण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (अवयवानां निर्माणम्)
तृतीयेin the third
तृतीये:
Adhikarana (Location in time/अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootतृतीय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; ordinal used with ‘मासि’
मासिin the month
मासि:
Adhikarana (Location in time/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootमास (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन
जायतेarises, is produced
जायते:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√जन् (धातु)
Formलट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद
Speaker
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), by section-wide deduction (Māheśvara-khaṇḍa narration to sages)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Triptych of embryonic stages: (1) fluid kalala, (2) condensed ghana, (3) emerging limb-buds like tiny lotus petals—presented symbolically with increasing clarity and light.
FAQs
The body is a gradual construction within prakṛti; this supports humility and awareness of the soul’s distinctness.
No tīrtha is referenced; the passage is doctrinal/reflective rather than geographical.
None is stated in this verse.