Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 66

Devanagari script

सुराष्ट्रस्य तथा राज्ञः करं स्पृष्ट्वा मृगांगना । तत्क्षणाद्गर्भिणी भूत्वा मुनिं प्रासूत तापसम्

Transliteration

surāṣṭrasya tathā rājñaḥ karaṃ spṛṣṭvā mṛgāṃganā | tatkṣaṇādgarbhiṇī bhūtvā muniṃ prāsūta tāpasam

Translation

So auch wurde eine Hirschkuh, indem sie nur die Hand des Königs von Surāṣṭra berührte, sogleich schwanger und gebar einen asketischen Muni.

Word by Word

• surāṣṭrasya: of Surāṣṭra
• surāṣṭrasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: surāṣṭra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb ‘thus/likewise’)

• rājñaḥ: of the king
• rājñaḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• karam: hand
• karam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• spṛṣṭvā: having touched
• spṛṣṭvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Prior action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √spṛś (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive)

• mṛgāṅganā: a doe (lit. deer-woman)
• mṛgāṅganā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mṛgāṅganā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• tatkṣaṇāt: from that very moment
• tatkṣaṇāt: Apādāna (Source/Time-from/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tatkṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (तत् + क्षण)

• garbhiṇī: pregnant
• garbhiṇī: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: garbhiṇī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying mṛgāṅganā)

• bhūtvā: having become
• bhūtvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Prior action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive)

• munim: a sage
• munim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• prāsūta: she gave birth to
• prāsūta: Kriyā (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra√sū (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• tāpasam: ascetic
• tāpasam: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tāpasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying munim)

Speaker

Wise elder (didactic exemplification; implied)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Surāṣṭra (regional kṣetra reference)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dignified king of Surāṣṭra extends his hand; a doe touches it lightly; an instantaneous aura indicates conception; later, an ascetic child is shown with matted hair and deer-skin, signifying tapas-born destiny.

Characters & Entities

• Surāṣṭra
• rājā (king)
• tāpasa muni (ascetic sage)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇic worldview allows for immediate, non-ordinary causation; therefore, virtue should not be judged by conventional assumptions.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Surāṣṭra is referenced as a region, but no specific tīrtha-māhātmya is stated in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.