Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

पुंडरीकाक्ष जानासि यथा भीमादभूदयम् । जातमात्रस्तु यश्चासीद्यौवनस्थो महाबलः

Transliteration

puṃḍarīkākṣa jānāsi yathā bhīmādabhūdayam | jātamātrastu yaścāsīdyauvanastho mahābalaḥ

Translation

O Lotus-eyed One, you know how this one was born from Bhīma—how, at the very moment of birth, he already stood in youth, possessed of great strength.

Word by Word

• पुण्डरीकाक्ष: O Puṇḍarīkākṣa (lotus-eyed one)
• पुण्डरीकाक्ष: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्डरीक + अक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन एकवचन (vocative singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (पुण्डरीकस्य अक्षी यस्य) नामरूपेण

• जानासि: you know
• जानासि: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (present, 2nd sg, active)

• यथा: how, as
• यथा: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकार/उपमानार्थक-अव्यय (as/how)

• भीमात्: from Bhīma
• भीमात्: Apadana (Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी एकवचन (ablative singular)

• अभूत्: arose/was born/occurred
• अभूत्: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (imperfect, 3rd sg, active)

• अयम्: this (one)
• अयम्: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन (nominative singular)

• जातमात्रः: just born
• जातमात्रः: Visheshana (Qualifier of यः/अयम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जात (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + मात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन; विशेषण (just-born)

• तु: but, indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Contrast/emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (but/indeed)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन (relative pronoun)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• आसीत्: was
• आसीत्: Kriya (Copula)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (imperfect, 3rd sg, active)

• यौवनस्थः: in youth, youthful
• यौवनस्थः: Visheshana (Qualifier of यः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यौवन (प्रातिपदिक) + स्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन; सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष (यौवने स्थितः)

• महाबलः: very strong, mighty
• महाबलः: Visheshana (Qualifier of यः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + बल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन; विशेषण

Speaker

Dharmarāja (Yudhiṣṭhira), addressing Keśava (Kṛṣṇa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Dharmarāja addresses Keśava, recalling a miraculous birth from Bhīma: the child appears already youthful and immensely strong; the scene invites a flashback tableau of the wondrous newborn.

Characters & Entities

• Puṇḍarīkākṣa (Kṛṣṇa)
• Bhīma
• Haiḍamba (implied son of Bhīma)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Extraordinary births in Purāṇic lore highlight destiny and divine ordinance operating through heroic lineages.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is mentioned; the verse focuses on lineage and miraculous birth-description.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.