Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

चन्द्रनक्षत्रसहिता ग्रहग्रामनदीनदाः । अण्डजं स्वेदजं जातमुद्भिज्जं च जरायुजम्

Transliteration

candranakṣatrasahitā grahagrāmanadīnadāḥ | aṇḍajaṃ svedajaṃ jātamudbhijjaṃ ca jarāyujam

Translation

Zusammen mit Mond und Sternbildern, den Scharen der Planeten sowie Flüssen und Bächen entstanden die Wesen: eiergeborene, schweißgeborene, sprossgeborene (Pflanzen) und leibgeborene (lebendgebärende).

Word by Word

• चन्द्रनक्षत्रसहिता: accompanied by the moon and stars
• चन्द्रनक्षत्रसहिता: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चन्द्र + नक्षत्र + सहित (कृदन्त; √सह ‘to accompany’ → सहित)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन — ‘accompanied by moon and stars’ (qualifies following plural feminine subject)

• ग्रहग्रामनदीनदाः: planets, star-hosts, rivers and streams
• ग्रहग्रामनदीनदाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्रह + ग्राम + नदी + नद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन — copulative: ‘(the) planets, multitudes (of stars), rivers and streams’

• अण्डजम्: egg-born (creatures)
• अण्डजम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अण्ड + ज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — ‘egg-born’ (as a class)

• स्वेदजम्: sweat-born
• स्वेदजम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वेद + ज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — ‘sweat/moisture-born’

• जातम्: born (creatures)
• जातम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √जन् (धातु) → जात (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — क्त; ‘born’ (general class; coordinates with following)

• उद्भिज्जम्: sprout-born; plant-born
• उद्भिज्जम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उद् + √भिद् (धातु) → उद्भिज्ज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — ‘sprout-born; arising from the earth/plants’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय) — ‘and’

• जरायुजम्: womb-born
• जरायुजम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जरायु + ज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — ‘womb-born/placenta-born’

Speaker

Narrator (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cosmic panorama: moon and constellations wheel above; planets arrayed like a host; below, rivers branch across the earth; diverse life-forms appear—birds from eggs, insects from moisture, plants sprouting, mammals born from wombs.

Characters & Entities

• Candra
• Nakṣatras
• Grahas
• Nadī/Nada

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

All life-forms and cosmic orders arise within a sacred creation—inviting reverence, restraint, and dharmic living.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single location; it universalizes the Reva Khanda narrative into a complete creation panorama.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.