Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

या त्वं विस्मयमापन्ना पुरुषेण विना शिशुः । संजातोऽयं मम प्रांशुस्ततस्तत्कारणं शृणु

Transliteration

yā tvaṃ vismayamāpannā puruṣeṇa vinā śiśuḥ | saṃjāto'yaṃ mama prāṃśustatastatkāraṇaṃ śṛṇu

Translation

Puesto que te maravillas de que este niño haya nacido sin varón, escucha la causa de ello.

Word by Word

• yā: she who / since you (who)
• yā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• vismayam: wonder / astonishment
• vismayam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vismaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• āpannā: have become / fallen into
• āpannā: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√pad (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; अर्थे: 'प्राप्ता/आपन्ना'

• puruṣeṇa: by a man / with a man
• puruṣeṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puruṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• vinā: without
• vinā: Sambandha (Exclusion)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vinā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (वियोग/अभावार्थक उपपद; 'without')

• śiśuḥ: a child
• śiśuḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiśu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• saṃjātaḥ: has been born
• saṃjātaḥ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-√jan (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; अर्थे: 'उत्पन्नः/संजातः'

• ayam: this (one)
• ayam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; अस्मद्-सर्वनाम

• prāṃśuḥ: tall / lofty
• prāṃśuḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prāṃśu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण/संज्ञा-रूपेण (tall, lofty)

• tataḥ: therefore / then
• tataḥ: Hetu/Anantarya (therefore/then)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (ततः = therefore/then)

• tat: that
• tat: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; 'तत्-कारणम्' इत्यत्र विशेषण

• kāraṇam: reason / cause
• kāraṇam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• śṛṇu: hear / listen
• śṛṇu: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; धातु: श्रु (to hear)

Speaker

Ākāśavāṇī (celestial voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The mother, eyes widened in wonder, looks toward the sky or an unseen speaker. The child lies radiant beside her. The pippala’s branches frame the scene like a sanctum arch, signaling that a secret cause is about to be revealed.

Characters & Entities

• Pippalāda (implied)
• mother (śubhe)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic narratives frame extraordinary events within moral causality—inviting the listener to see hidden dharma behind apparent anomalies.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha setting remains the sacred tree refuge-site; this verse transitions to explaining the birth’s cause.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it introduces a forthcoming explanation.