Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

अष्टानां देवयोनीनां यतो जन्म च यौवनम् । सद्य एव भवेत्तस्मात्सद्योऽस्यासीच्च यौवनम्

Transliteration

aṣṭānāṃ devayonīnāṃ yato janma ca yauvanam | sadya eva bhavettasmātsadyo'syāsīcca yauvanam

Translation

Because among the eight divine wombs, birth and youth arise immediately, therefore in his case too youth was present at once.

Word by Word

• अष्टानाम्: of eight
• अष्टानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; संख्यावाचक-विशेषण (genitive plural; numeral adjective)

• देवयोनीनाम्: of the divine wombs/origins
• देवयोनीनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव-योनि (प्रातिपदिक; देव + योनि)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन (feminine; genitive plural)

• यतः: from which; whence
• यतः: Hetu/Apadana nuance (Cause/Source)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यतः (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बन्धबोधक-अव्यय (relative adverb: 'from which/wherefrom')

• जन्म: birth
• जन्म: Karma/Predicate nominal (Object/Complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन (neuter; nominative/accusative singular)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• यौवनम्: youth
• यौवनम्: Karma/Predicate nominal (Object/Complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यौवन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन (neuter; nominative/accusative singular)

• सद्यः: immediately
• सद्यः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सद्यः (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb: immediately)

• एव: indeed; just
• एव: Nipāta (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (particle of emphasis)

• भवेत्: would be; should occur
• भवेत्: Kriyā (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (optative; 3rd person singular)

• तस्मात्: therefore; from that
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Reason/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसक; पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन (ablative singular: 'from that/therefore')

• सद्यः: immediately
• सद्यः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सद्यः (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• अस्य: of him; his
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन (genitive singular: 'of him/this')

• आसीत्: was
• आसीत्: Kriyā (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (past; 3rd person singular)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• यौवनम्: youth
• यौवनम्: Karta/Predicate nominal (Subject/Complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यौवन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (neuter; nominative singular)

Speaker

Dharmarāja (Yudhiṣṭhira), addressing Keśava (Kṛṣṇa)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A divine child appears already youthful, surrounded by subtle signs of celestial origin—radiance, auspicious marks, and astonished attendants.

Characters & Entities

• Dharmarāja
• Keśava
• deva-yoni (eight divine origins)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇas often explain extraordinary traits through cosmic categories, affirming an ordered, meaningful universe.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None; the verse is cosmological and explanatory.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.