Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 71

Devanagari script

यज्वा राममिव प्राप सहस्रानीकमात्मजम् । एवं विधूमः संजज्ञे शतानीकान्नृपोत्तमात्

Transliteration

yajvā rāmamiva prāpa sahasrānīkamātmajam | evaṃ vidhūmaḥ saṃjajñe śatānīkānnṛpottamāt

Translation

Nachdem er das Opfer vollzogen hatte, erlangte er einen Sohn namens Sahasrānīka, wie (Daśaratha) Rāma erlangte. So wurde Vidhūma aus dem vortrefflichen König Śatānīka geboren.

Word by Word

• यज्वा: having performed sacrifice
• यज्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yaj (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त (absolutive/gerund) ‘having sacrificed’ (यज् + क्त्वा → यज्वा)

• रामम्: Rāma
• रामम्: Upamana (Standard of comparison/उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन (accusative singular)

• इव: like
• इव: Sambandha (Comparison marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iva (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमानसूचक-अव्यय (comparative particle)

• प्राप: obtained
• प्राप: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√āp (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/लिट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सहस्रानीकम्: Sahasrānīka (name)
• सहस्रानीकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sahasra-anīka (प्रातिपदिक; sahasra ‘thousand’ + anīka ‘army/host’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन (accusative singular; proper name)

• आत्मजम्: a son
• आत्मजम्: Karma (Apposition to object/समनाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ātma-ja (प्रातिपदिक; ātman ‘self’ + ja ‘born’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन (accusative singular)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of manner)

• विधूमः: Vidhūma (name)
• विधूमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vidhūma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (nominative singular; proper name)

• संजज्ञे: was born/arose
• संजज्ञे: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-√jan (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/लिट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• शतानीकात्: from Śatānīka
• शतानीकात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śatānīka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन (ablative singular)

• नृपोत्तमात्: from the best of kings
• नृपोत्तमात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpa-uttama (प्रातिपदिक; nṛpa ‘king’ + uttama ‘best’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन (ablative singular)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual, within Setukhaṇḍa narration)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Celebration in the palace: the newborn Sahasrānīka presented; priests bless; the king’s joy is restrained and reverent; parallel visual echo of Daśaratha-Rāma motif through symbolic elements (bow/lotus).

Characters & Entities

• Sahasrānīka
• Rāma
• Vidhūma
• Śatānīka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Righteous ritual action is shown to culminate in orderly lineage and social stability, framed as a dharmic fruit (phala).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is directly extolled in this verse; the Setukhaṇḍa context remains the larger sacred frame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse references completion of sacrifice (yajvā) and its fruit—offspring—without detailing further procedure.