Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 43
Devanagari script
अच्छभल्लः पंचदशे षोडशे वनकुक्कुटः । गर्दभोऽहं सप्तदशे मार्जारोष्टादशे भवे
Transliteration
acchabhallaḥ paṃcadaśe ṣoḍaśe vanakukkuṭaḥ | gardabho'haṃ saptadaśe mārjāroṣṭādaśe bhave
Translation
In der fünfzehnten Geburt wurde ich ein Acchabhalla; in der sechzehnten ein Wildvogel. In der siebzehnten ein Esel; und in der achtzehnten eine Katze.
Word by Word
अच्छभल्लः(I was) a bear/boar-like animal ‘acchabhalla’
अच्छभल्लः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअच्छभल्ल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
पञ्चदशेin the fifteenth (birth)
पञ्चदशे:
Adhikarana (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपञ्चदश (प्रातिपदिक; संख्या)
Formसप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; संख्या-विशेषण (numeral adjective)
षोडशेin the sixteenth (birth)
षोडशे:
Adhikarana (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootषोडश (प्रातिपदिक; संख्या)
Formसप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; संख्या-विशेषण
वनकुक्कुटःa jungle-fowl
वनकुक्कुटः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootवन (प्रातिपदिक) + कुक्कुट (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (वनस्य कुक्कुटः)
गर्दभःa donkey
गर्दभः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootगर्दभ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
अहम्I
अहम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formउत्तम-पुरुष सर्वनाम; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
सप्तदशेin the seventeenth (birth)
सप्तदशे:
Adhikarana (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसप्तदश (प्रातिपदिक; संख्या)
Formसप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; संख्या-विशेषण
मार्जारःa cat
मार्जारः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमार्जार (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
अष्टादशेin the eighteenth (birth)
अष्टादशे:
Adhikarana (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअष्टादश (प्रातिपदिक; संख्या)
Formसप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; संख्या-विशेषण
भवेI become / I am (born)
भवे:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), उत्तम-पुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
Speaker
Unspecified in excerpt (same narrator)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A remorseful being recounts a chain of animal births—acchabhalla, wild fowl, donkey, cat—evoking the wheel of existence and the heaviness of karmic descent.
Characters & Entities
V
vanakukkuṭa (wild fowl)G
gardabha (donkey)M
mārjāra (cat)A
acchabhalla (uncertain animal)FAQs
Repeated embodiment in diverse, limited conditions highlights the bondage of karma and the value of conscious dharmic living.
No holy site is mentioned.
None.