Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

अस्थीनि च तथा मासि जायंते च चतुर्थके । त्वग्जन्म पंचमे मासि पष्ठे रोम्णां समुद्भवः

Transliteration

asthīni ca tathā māsi jāyaṃte ca caturthake | tvagjanma paṃcame māsi paṣṭhe romṇāṃ samudbhavaḥ

Translation

En el cuarto mes nacen también los huesos. En el quinto mes se forma la piel; en el sexto surge el crecimiento del vello corporal.

Word by Word

• अस्थीनि: bones
• अस्थीनि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्थि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

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

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb/likewise)

• मासि: in the month
• मासि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• जायन्ते: are produced/are born
• जायन्ते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन

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

• चतुर्थके: in the fourth (month)
• चतुर्थके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्थक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषण (ordinal)

• त्वक्-जन्म: formation of skin
• त्वक्-जन्म: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वच् (प्रातिपदिक) + जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (त्वचः जन्म)

• पञ्चमे: in the fifth (month)
• पञ्चमे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्चम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषण

• मासि: in the month
• मासि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• षष्ठे: in the sixth (month)
• षष्ठे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषण

• रोम्णाम्: of hairs
• रोम्णाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोमन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• समुद्भवः: arising/origin
• समुद्भवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम्-उद्-भू (धातु) + अ (प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्तिन्/घञ्-प्रत्ययान्त भाववाचक-नाम (arising/origin)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), by section-wide deduction (Māheśvara-khaṇḍa narration to sages)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A calm, didactic tableau: a sage or Skanda-associated narrator explaining fetal development month-by-month; symbolic imagery of bones forming, then skin, then fine body-hair, shown as subtle layers rather than graphic depiction.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The body’s components are transient formations; reflection on this fosters vairāgya (dispassion) and dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No sacred place is mentioned in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual instruction appears here.