Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

जज्ञे प्राचेतसं दक्षं महातेजाः प्रजापतिः । दक्षस्यापि तथा जाताः पञ्चाशद्दुहिताः किल

Transliteration

jajñe prācetasaṃ dakṣaṃ mahātejāḥ prajāpatiḥ | dakṣasyāpi tathā jātāḥ pañcāśadduhitāḥ kila

Translation

Aus Pracetas wurde Dakṣa geboren, der Prajāpati von großer Strahlkraft. Und man sagt, auch Dakṣa habe fünfzig Töchter gehabt.

Word by Word

• जज्ञे: was born / arose
• जज्ञे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• प्राचेतसम्: Prācetasa (son/descendant of Pracetas)
• प्राचेतसम्: Karma (Object-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्राचेतस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (दक्षम्)

• दक्षम्: Dakṣa
• दक्षम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• महातेजाः: of great splendor
• महातेजाः: Karta (Subject-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महातेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—महत् + तेजस् (तत्पुरुषः); विशेषणम् (प्रजापतिः)

• प्रजापतिः: the Prajāpati (progenitor)
• प्रजापतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजापति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—प्रजानां पतिः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः)

• दक्षस्य: of Dakṣa
• दक्षस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha/Prayojaka (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अप्यर्थक-निपात (also/even)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha/Prayojaka (Adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (in like manner)

• जाताः: were born
• जाताः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु) → जात (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle used predicatively: 'were born'), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्तरि—दुहिताः

• पञ्चाशत्: fifty
• पञ्चाशत्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्चाशत् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक; अव्ययवत्/अविकारी; दुहिताः इति विशेषणम् (fifty)

• दुहिताः: daughters
• दुहिताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुहितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• किल: indeed / it is said
• किल: Sambandha/Prayojaka (Evidential particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किल (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रसिद्ध्यर्थक/अनुश्रुत्यर्थक-निपात (indeed, it is said)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration; speaker not explicit in this verse)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A Soma-vaṃśa kṣatriya (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pracetas begets Dakṣa: a luminous Prajāpati figure appears, surrounded by symbols of ritual order; in the background, a suggestion of fifty daughters as a future unfolding.

Characters & Entities

• Pracetas
• Dakṣa
• Prajāpati
• Dakṣa’s fifty daughters

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Cosmic order (prajā-sṛṣṭi) is framed as a dharmic lineage, where progenitors sustain the world through regulated creation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named in this verse; it provides lineage context before the Revā tīrtha remedy is introduced later.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is narrative genealogy.