Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 120

Devanagari script

देवौ तस्मादजायेतामश्विनौ भिषजांवरौ । स्वरूपमनुरूपं च द्युमणिस्तामदर्शयत

Transliteration

devau tasmādajāyetāmaśvinau bhiṣajāṃvarau | svarūpamanurūpaṃ ca dyumaṇistāmadarśayata

Translation

তাঁৰ পৰা দুজন দেৱ অশ্বিন জন্মিল, চিকিৎসকৰ মাজত শ্ৰেষ্ঠ; আৰু দ্যুমণিয়ে তেওঁলোকক নিজৰ স্বভাৱৰ অনুৰূপ এক ৰূপ প্ৰকাশ কৰি দেখুৱালে।

Word by Word

• देवौ: the two gods
• देवौ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), द्विवचन (Dual)

• तस्मात्: from him/that
• तस्मात्: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular)

• अजायेताम्: were born
• अजायेताम्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), द्विवचन (Dual)

• अश्विनौ: the Aśvins
• अश्विनौ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्विन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), द्विवचन (Dual)

• भिषजाम्: of physicians
• भिषजाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भिषज् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• वरौ: excellent/best
• वरौ: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), द्विवचन (Dual); विशेषण (qualifying अश्विनौ)

• स्वरूपम्: (their) own form
• स्वरूपम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वरूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• अनुरूपम्: corresponding/appropriate
• अनुरूपम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनुरूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (qualifying स्वरूपम्)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• द्युमणिः: Dyumaṇi (a person)
• द्युमणिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्युमणि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• ताम्: that (form)
• ताम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• अदर्शयत्: showed
• अदर्शयत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular); णिच्-प्रयोग (causative sense: ‘caused to see/showed’)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (Traditionally) Skanda/other sages depending on chapter frame; here within Agastya’s narration stream

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Dyumaṇi, radiant like the sun, reveals a fitting divine form to the twin Aśvins newly born—two youthful physicians with lotus-garlands and healing vessels—set against a luminous, sacred backdrop suggestive of Kāśī’s spiritual radiance.

Characters & Entities

• Aśvinau (Aśvins)
• Dyumaṇi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine roles arise according to innate nature (svarūpa); even celestial gifts like healing are portrayed as dharmically ordained.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse occurs within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s Kāśī-māhātmya setting, where the wider narrative celebrates Kāśī as the supreme sacred field.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is prescribed in this verse; it is primarily genealogical and descriptive.