Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

जायते नात्र सन्देहः समीभूते शुभाशुभे । स्त्रीपुंसोः सम्प्रयोगेण विषुद्धे शुक्रशोणिते

Transliteration

jāyate nātra sandehaḥ samībhūte śubhāśubhe | strīpuṃsoḥ samprayogeṇa viṣuddhe śukraśoṇite

Translation

Il n’y a nul doute : la naissance advient lorsque le mérite et le démérite arrivent à maturité ; par l’union de la femme et de l’homme, lorsque le sperme et le sang sont purifiés.

Word by Word

• jāyate: is born, arises
• jāyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √jan (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation)

• atra: here, in this matter
• atra: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb: here/in this matter)

• sandehaḥ: doubt
• sandehaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃdeha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• samībhūte: when (they) have come together
• samībhūte: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: samī√bhū (धातु) + samībhūta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, द्विवचन; ‘समिभूत’ = सम्यक् एकत्रभूत/सम्यग् मिश्रित (having come together)

• śubha: auspicious
• śubha: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत्-पूर्वपद (as compound member)

• aśubha: inauspicious
• aśubha: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a- + śubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत्-पूर्वपद (as compound member); नञ्-समासार्थ (in- auspicious)

• śubhāśubhe: in the auspicious and the inauspicious (factors)
• śubhāśubhe: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śubha + aśubha (प्रातिपदिक-समूह)
• Form: द्वन्द्व-समास (शुभं च अशुभं च); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, द्विवचन

• strīpuṃsoḥ: of woman and man
• strīpuṃsoḥ: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: strī + puṃs (प्रातिपदिक-समूह)
• Form: द्वन्द्व-समास (स्त्री च पुमान् च); षष्ठी, द्विवचन

• samprayogeṇa: by/through union
• samprayogeṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃprayoga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• viśuddhe: when purified
• viśuddhe: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi√śudh (धातु) + viśuddha (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, द्विवचन; ‘विशुद्ध’ = purified

• śukra: semen
• śukra: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śukra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत्-पूर्वपद (as compound member); नपुंसकलिङ्ग (semen)

• śoṇita: blood
• śoṇita: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śoṇita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, द्विवचन (as part of compound inflection)

• śukraśoṇite: in semen and blood
• śukraśoṇite: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śukra + śoṇita (प्रातिपदिक-समूह)
• Form: द्वन्द्व-समास (शुक्रं च शोणितं च); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, द्विवचन

Speaker

Unknown (contextual narrator within Revā Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) region (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Symbolic depiction of karmic scales (śubha/āśubha) above a household scene of conception; a subtle divine light indicates karmic ‘entry’ of jīva.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Conception is not random: karmic merit and demerit mature and, together with physical causes, bring about embodied birth.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None; this verse is doctrinal, situated within Revā Khaṇḍa’s broader sacred narrative environment.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual; it presents a causation model combining karma with biological conception.