Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

इषीकास्तंबमासाद्य गर्भं सा चोत्ससर्ज ह । जातमात्रः स भगवान्देवानामाक्षिपद्वपुः

Transliteration

iṣīkāstaṃbamāsādya garbhaṃ sā cotsasarja ha | jātamātraḥ sa bhagavāndevānāmākṣipadvapuḥ

Translation

Als sie zu einem Büschel Schilf gelangte, stieß sie dort den Embryo aus. Kaum geboren, zog jener strahlende Herr durch seine bloße Gestalt die Aufmerksamkeit der Götter auf sich.

Word by Word

• इषीकास्तम्बम्: a clump of reeds
• इषीकास्तम्बम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इषीका + स्तम्ब (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Accusative singular

• आसाद्य: having approached
• आसाद्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ + √सद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव — 'having reached/approached'

• गर्भम्: the fetus
• गर्भम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्भ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction)

• उत्ससर्ज: released
• उत्ससर्ज: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत् + √सृज् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/लिट्), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन — 'released/let go'

• ह: indeed (particle)
• ह: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (expletive/metrical particle)

• जातमात्रः: newly born
• जातमात्रः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जात + मात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — qualifying सः; 'just born'

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• भगवान्: the Lord
• भगवान्: Apposition (सम्बोधन/विशेष्यसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• देवानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन — Genitive plural

• आक्षिपत्: overpowered / struck
• आक्षिपत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + √क्षिप् (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist/लुङ्), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन — 'threw/struck/overpowered'

• वपुः: body, form
• वपुः: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वपुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Accusative singular

Speaker

Skanda (deduced narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Iṣīkā-stamba (reed-clump locus)

Type: kund/ghat (implied liminal waterside spot)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Tārā reaches a reed thicket and releases the embryo; instantly a luminous child appears, so radiant that the gods are captivated by his form.

Characters & Entities

• Tārā
• Devas
• Budha (implied by narrative; not named in this verse)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Actions bear inevitable consequences, yet divine order brings forth destined beings whose presence affects even the gods.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific Kāśī tīrtha is mentioned; it is a mythic episode within the Kāśī-khaṇḍa narration.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.