Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

तत्रोत्पन्नौ महादिव्यौ रूपयौवनसंयुतौ । नासत्यावश्विनौ देवौ विख्यातौ गदनाशनौ

Transliteration

tatrotpannau mahādivyau rūpayauvanasaṃyutau | nāsatyāvaśvinau devau vikhyātau gadanāśanau

Translation

Dort wurden die zwei höchst göttlichen Aśvin-Zwillinge geboren—Nāsatya und der Aśvin—begabt mit strahlender Schönheit und jugendlicher Kraft, unter den Devas berühmt als Vernichter der Krankheiten.

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb: ‘there’)

• उत्पन्नौ: born, arisen (two)
• उत्पन्नौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्√पद् (धातु) → उत्पन्न (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/क्तवत्-प्रत्ययार्थः); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन; विशेषण

• महादिव्यौ: very divine (two)
• महादिव्यौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन; विशेषण; कर्मधारय-समास (‘great and divine’)

• रूपयौवनसंयुतौ: endowed with beauty and youth
• रूपयौवनसंयुतौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रूप (प्रातिपदिक) + यौवन (प्रातिपदिक) + संयुत (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन; विशेषण; तत्पुरुष-समास (रूपेण यौवनेन च संयुतौ = endowed with beauty and youth)

• नासत्यौ: the Nāsatyas (two)
• नासत्यौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नासत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन; संज्ञा (proper name)

• अश्विनौ: the Aśvins (twin gods)
• अश्विनौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्विन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन; संज्ञा (the Aśvins)

• देवौ: two gods
• देवौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन

• विख्यातौ: renowned
• विख्यातौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि√ख्या (धातु) → विख्यात (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन; विशेषण

• गदनाशनौ: destroyers of diseases
• गदनाशनौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गद (प्रातिपदिक) + नाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन; विशेषण; तत्पुरुष-समास (गदानां नाशनौ = destroyers of diseases)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; likely Vyāsa continuing the account)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: In a luminous deva-sabhā or celestial horizon, the twin Aśvins appear youthful and radiant, holding healing herbs and a golden vessel, surrounded by subtle aura suggesting disease-destruction.

Characters & Entities

• Aśvinīkumāras
• Nāsatya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace manifests as healing power; the gods uphold dharma by removing suffering and disease.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse sits within the Dharmāraṇya context; this specific line focuses on divine origins rather than a named tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it is a descriptive statement about the Aśvins’ famed healing nature.