Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 41
Devanagari script
सप्तमेऽहं सारमेयः सृगालश्चाष्टमे भवे । नवमे गवयो भीमो मृगोऽहं दशमे भवे
Transliteration
saptame'haṃ sārameyaḥ sṛgālaścāṣṭame bhave | navame gavayo bhīmo mṛgo'haṃ daśame bhave
Translation
In the seventh birth I became a dog; in the eighth, a jackal. In the ninth, a fearsome gavaya (wild ox); and in the tenth, a deer.
Word by Word
सप्तमेin the seventh (birth)
सप्तमे:
Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसप्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन — (भवे) ‘in the seventh (birth)’
अहम्I
अहम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formउत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन
सारमेयःa dog
सारमेयः:
Karta (Predicate-Noun/कर्तृसमानााधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootसारमेय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — जातः (अध्याहृत)
सृगालःa jackal
सृगालः:
Karta (Predicate-Noun/कर्तृसमानााधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootसृगाल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — (अहम्) जातः (अध्याहृत)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक conjunction)
अष्टमेin the eighth (birth)
अष्टमे:
Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअष्टम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन — (भवे) ‘in the eighth (birth)’
भवेin (that) birth
भवे:
Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootभव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन
नवमेin the ninth (birth)
नवमे:
Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootनवम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन — (भवे) ‘in the ninth (birth)’
गवयःa gayal/wild ox
गवयः:
Karta (Predicate-Noun/कर्तृसमानााधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootगवय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
भीमःfearsome
भीमः:
Karta (Subject-Qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootभीम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — ‘गवयः/मृगः’ इति विशेषणम्
मृगःa deer/beast
मृगः:
Karta (Predicate-Noun/कर्तृसमानााधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootमृग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
अहम्I
अहम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formउत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन
दशमेin the tenth (birth)
दशमे:
Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootदशम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन — (भवे) ‘in the tenth (birth)’
भवेin (that) birth
भवे:
Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootभव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन
Speaker
Unspecified in excerpt (same narrator)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A chain of forms: a stray dog near a boundary shrine, a jackal under a cremation-ground moon, then a powerful wild ox in deep forest, finally a deer poised to flee—showing oscillation between scavenging and vulnerability.
Characters & Entities
S
sārameya (dog)S
sṛgāla (jackal)G
gavayaM
mṛga (deer)FAQs
Without dharmic correction, one may cycle through varied embodiments shaped by prior impulses and actions.
No site is praised in this verse.
None mentioned.