Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 75

Devanagari script

वैवस्वतं मनुं ज्येष्ठं यमं च यमुनां ततः । नातितेजोमयं रूपं सोढुं साऽलं विवस्वतः

Transliteration

vaivasvataṃ manuṃ jyeṣṭhaṃ yamaṃ ca yamunāṃ tataḥ | nātitejomayaṃ rūpaṃ soḍhuṃ sā'laṃ vivasvataḥ

Translation

First she bore the eldest, Vaivasvata Manu; then Yama and Yamunā. Yet she was not able to endure Vivasvān’s exceedingly fiery form.

Word by Word

• vaivasvatam: Vaivasvata (Manu)
• vaivasvatam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vaivasvata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेष-नाम

• manum: Manu
• manum: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समानााधिकरण (apposition to vaivasvatam)

• jyeṣṭham: eldest
• jyeṣṭham: Karma (Object qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jyeṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• yamam: Yama
• yamam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

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

• yamunām: Yamunā (river/goddess)
• yamunām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yamunā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• tataḥ: thereafter
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रम/अनन्तरवाचक-अव्यय (thereafter, then)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• ati-tejomayam: excessively fiery
• ati-tejomayam: Karma (Object qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ati- (उपसर्ग) + tejas (प्रातिपदिक) + maya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (अतिशयेन तेजोमयम्)

• rūpam: form
• rūpam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• soḍhum: to endure
• soḍhum: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sah (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive), परस्मैपदी-धातोः; अर्थः—सहनार्थे (to endure)

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

• alam: able, sufficient
• alam: Sambandha (Predicate particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: alam (अव्यय)
• Form: पर्याप्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (enough/able)

• vivasvataḥ: of Vivasvat (the Sun)
• vivasvataḥ: Sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vivasvat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa typically Skanda to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Yamunā

Type: river

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Saṃjñā with three newborn manifestations: Manu as a calm sage-child, Yama as a solemn child with a tiny staff/noose motif, and Yamunā as a girl with blue water aura and lotus; behind them Vivasvān blazes, causing Saṃjñā’s visible discomfort.

Characters & Entities

• Vaivasvata Manu
• Yama
• Yamunā
• Vivasvān

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Cosmic roles (Manu as lawgiver, Yama as moral governor) arise from divine order, while the narrative also teaches the need for harmony between power and receptivity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s setting is Kāśī, but this verse is genealogical and not a direct tīrtha-stuti.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse.