Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

ततो जाता महाराज दशार्णाधिपतेः सुता । वैदेहे नगरे राजा जातस्त्वं पार्थिवोत्तम

Transliteration

tato jātā mahārāja daśārṇādhipateḥ sutā | vaidehe nagare rājā jātastvaṃ pārthivottama

Translation

Darauf, o großer König, wurde dem Herrscher von Daśārṇa eine Tochter geboren. Und du, bester der Fürsten, wurdest als König in der Stadt Videha geboren.

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Sambandha (Discourse connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रमवाचक

• जाता: was born
• जाता: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जन् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past active participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• महाराज: O great king
• महाराज: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• दशार्णाधिपतेः: of the lord of Daśārṇa
• दशार्णाधिपतेः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दशार्ण + अधिपति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; ‘दशार्णानाम् अधिपतिः’

• सुता: daughter
• सुता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• वैदेहे: in Vaideha (Videha)
• वैदेहे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वैदेह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषण (of ‘nagare’)

• नगरे: in the city
• नगरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नगर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• राजा: king
• राजा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• जातः: was born, became
• जातः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जन् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• पार्थिवोत्तम: O best of kings
• पार्थिवोत्तम: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थिव + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Deductive (narrator addressing the king; rebirth/account of previous lives)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A king addressed as mahārāja/nṛpasattama

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage narrates to a king the prior births: a Daśārṇa princess’s birth and the king’s birth in Videha; a subtle vision of two royal cities appears behind them like a karmic tapestry.

Characters & Entities

• Daśārṇa
• Videha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic narratives connect devotion and dharma with future births, showing continuity of karmic results across lives.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

While this verse names Daśārṇa and Videha, it remains embedded in the Arbuda Khaṇḍa’s praise of Śiva-centered observance.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it narrates the subsequent births resulting within the story framework.