Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

अंडजाय नमस्तुभ्यं स्वेदजाय नमोस्तु ते । जरायुज स्वरूपाय नम उद्भिज्जरूपिणे

Transliteration

aṃḍajāya namastubhyaṃ svedajāya namostu te | jarāyuja svarūpāya nama udbhijjarūpiṇe

Translation

Salutations to You as the One born from the egg; salutations to You as the One born from sweat. Salutations to You whose very nature is birth from the womb, and to You who take the form of those sprouting from the earth.

Word by Word

• अण्डजाय: to the egg-born (one)
• अण्डजाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अण्डज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; नमस्कारार्थक-निपात

• तुभ्यम्: to you
• तुभ्यम्: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन

• स्वेदजाय: to the sweat-born (one)
• स्वेदजाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वेदज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; नमस्कारार्थक-निपात

• अस्तु: may it be
• अस्तु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/आज्ञार्थ), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन

• जरायुज: O womb-born one
• जरायुज: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जरायुज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन (अत्र विशेषणवत्)

• स्वरूपाय: to (your) own form/nature
• स्वरूपाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वरूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; स्तुत्यर्थे

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; नमस्कारार्थक-निपात

• उद्भिज्जरूपिणे: to the one having the form of sprout-born (life)
• उद्भिज्जरूपिणे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उद्भिज्ज (प्रातिपदिक) + रूपिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; उद्भिज्ज-रूपिन् = उद्भिज्जस्य रूपं यस्य (having the form of sprout-born)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Kāśīkhaṇḍa default dialogue frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cosmic tableau: the deity’s presence shines within four panels—birds/eggs (aṇḍaja), insects from moisture (svedaja), mammals with womb-birth (jarāyuja), and plants sprouting (udbhijja)—all arranged around a central radiance.

Characters & Entities

• Four kinds of birth (aṇḍaja, svedaja, jarāyuja, udbhijja)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Divine is immanent in every form of life—across all modes of generation—inviting reverence toward all beings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse sits within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s Kāśī-centered teaching, implying Kāśī as the place where such all-pervading divinity is realized.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None stated; it functions as contemplative praise (stotra) supporting universal God-vision.