Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 43

Devanagari script

पुत्रे जाते जातके वान्नाशने मुंडनेऽपि वा । लक्षहोमे कोटिहोमे तथा यज्ञक्रियासु च

Transliteration

putre jāte jātake vānnāśane muṃḍane'pi vā | lakṣahome koṭihome tathā yajñakriyāsu ca

Translation

Bei der Geburt eines Sohnes, beim Ritus jātakarma, bei der ersten Speisung und auch bei der Tonsur; bei der Darbringung von hunderttausend Opfergaben, bei der Darbringung eines crore Opfergaben, ebenso in den Handlungen des yajña—

Word by Word

• पुत्रे: when (a) son
• पुत्रे: Adhikarana (Location/Occasion/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरणे (locative)

• जाते: is born
• जाते: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जन् (धातु) → जात (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; ‘पुत्रे’ इति विशेषणम्

• जातके: at the birth-rite (jātakarma)
• जातके: Adhikarana (Occasion/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; संस्कारविशेषे

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विकल्पार्थक (disjunctive particle)

• अन्न: food
• अन्न: Karma (Object/कर्म) (as compound member)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक (समासाङ्ग)

• आशने: at the first feeding/eating
• आशने: Adhikarana (Occasion/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; ‘अन्न-आशने’ = अन्नाशने (food-eating ceremony)

• मुंडने: at the tonsure
• मुंडने: Adhikarana (Occasion/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुण्डन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; संस्कारविशेषे

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि-भाव (also/even)

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विकल्पार्थक

• लक्ष: one hundred thousand
• लक्ष: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लक्ष (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक (numeral) प्रातिपदिक (समासाङ्ग)

• होमे: at a lakh-homa
• होमे: Adhikarana (Occasion/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: होम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; ‘लक्ष-होमे’ = लक्षसंख्यकहोमे (dvigu)

• कोटि: a crore (ten million)
• कोटि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कोटि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक प्रातिपदिक (समासाङ्ग)

• होमे: at a crore-homa
• होमे: Adhikarana (Occasion/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: होम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; ‘कोटि-होमे’ = कोटिसंख्यकहोमे (dvigu)

• तथा: and likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक

• यज्ञ: sacrifice
• यज्ञ: Sambandha (Genitive relation in compound/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक (समासाङ्ग)

• क्रियासु: in sacrificial rites
• क्रियासु: Adhikarana (Occasion/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रिया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), बहुवचन; ‘यज्ञ-क्रियासु’ = यज्ञस्य क्रियासु

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Dharmāraṇyakhaṇḍa; specific speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya (implied)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sequence tableau: newborn rite, first feeding, tonsure ceremony, and a grand homa-kuṇḍa with priests offering oblations—each set within a temple courtyard.

Characters & Entities

• Saṁskāra (jātakarma, annāśana, muṇḍana)
• Homa (lakṣa-homa, koṭi-homa)
• Yajña

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Life-cycle rites and yajñas are to be performed with dharmic care, treating major transitions and offerings as sacred duties.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya, where such saṁskāras and homas are contextually being discussed.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It enumerates key saṁskāras (birth-rite, first feeding, tonsure) and major homas (lakṣa-homa, koṭi-homa) as contexts for the stated religious rule in the surrounding passage.