Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 169

Devanagari script

यस्या विनिःसृता ये वै सुरासुरतनूद्भवाः । आदित्यतनयश्चैव सुग्रीवः सूर्यमण्डलम्

Transliteration

yasyā viniḥsṛtā ye vai surāsuratanūdbhavāḥ | ādityatanayaścaiva sugrīvaḥ sūryamaṇḍalam

Translation

Von dort gingen Wesen hervor, deren Leiber unter Devas und Asuras geboren waren; und auch Sugrīva, der Sohn Ādityas (der Sonne), erschien, zusammen mit dem Sonnenkreis, dem Sūryamaṇḍala.

Word by Word

• yasyāḥ: of whom/whose
• yasyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः (6th/Genitive), एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• viniḥsṛtāḥ: gone forth, issued out
• viniḥsṛtāḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi-ni-√sṛ (धातु) + kta (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्तः (past passive participle); पुल्लिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (1st/Nominative), बहुवचनम्

• ye: who (those who)
• ye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (1st/Nominative), बहुवचनम्; सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• vai: indeed, surely
• vai: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle/emphatic)

• surāsura-tanūdbhavāḥ: those born from the bodies of gods and demons
• surāsura-tanūdbhavāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sura (प्रातिपदिक) + asura (प्रातिपदिक) + tanū (प्रातिपदिक) + udbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (तत्पुरुषः); पुल्लिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (1st/Nominative), बहुवचनम्; विग्रहः: सुरासुरयोः तनूभ्यः उद्भवाः

• āditya-tanayaḥ: the son of Āditya (Sun)
• āditya-tanayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āditya (प्रातिपदिक) + tanaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (तत्पुरुषः); पुल्लिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (1st/Nominative), एकवचनम्; विग्रहः: आदित्यस्य तनयः

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• eva: indeed, just
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• sugrīvaḥ: Sugrīva
• sugrīvaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sugrīva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (1st/Nominative), एकवचनम्

• sūrya-maṇḍalam: the solar orb, sun-disc
• sūrya-maṇḍalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūrya (प्रातिपदिक) + maṇḍala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (तत्पुरुषः); नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (2nd/Accusative), एकवचनम्; विग्रहः: सूर्यस्य मण्डलम्

Speaker

Brahmā (deduced, Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa narrative attribution)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gopratāra (implied) / Sarayū

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sarayū’s waters shimmering as a womb of myth: figures associated with gods and asuras emerging symbolically; Sugrīva depicted with solar radiance, linked to the Sūryamaṇḍala motif.

Characters & Entities

• Sarayū
• Sugrīva
• Āditya (Sūrya)
• Sūryamaṇḍala
• Devas
• Asuras

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It frames the Sarayū/Gopratāra as a divinely potent source connected with extraordinary beings, reinforcing tīrtha-mahima (the sanctifying greatness of place).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Sarayū at Ayodhyā, in the context of the Gopratāra Tīrtha narrative of Adhyāya 6.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is stated in this verse; it functions as praise by sacred association.