Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

तत्रोत्पन्नौ महादिव्यौ रूपयौवनसंयुतौ । नासत्यावश्विनौ देवौ विख्यातौ गदनाशनौ

Transliteration

tatrotpannau mahādivyau rūpayauvanasaṃyutau | nāsatyāvaśvinau devau vikhyātau gadanāśanau

Translation

Là naquirent les deux jumeaux Aśvin, suprêmement divins—Nāsatya et l’Aśvin—doués d’une beauté rayonnante et de la vigueur de la jeunesse, célèbres parmi les devas comme destructeurs des maladies.

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb: ‘there’)

• उत्पन्नौ: born, arisen (two)
• उत्पन्नौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्√पद् (धातु) → उत्पन्न (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/क्तवत्-प्रत्ययार्थः); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन; विशेषण

• महादिव्यौ: very divine (two)
• महादिव्यौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन; विशेषण; कर्मधारय-समास (‘great and divine’)

• रूपयौवनसंयुतौ: endowed with beauty and youth
• रूपयौवनसंयुतौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रूप (प्रातिपदिक) + यौवन (प्रातिपदिक) + संयुत (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन; विशेषण; तत्पुरुष-समास (रूपेण यौवनेन च संयुतौ = endowed with beauty and youth)

• नासत्यौ: the Nāsatyas (two)
• नासत्यौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नासत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन; संज्ञा (proper name)

• अश्विनौ: the Aśvins (twin gods)
• अश्विनौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्विन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन; संज्ञा (the Aśvins)

• देवौ: two gods
• देवौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन

• विख्यातौ: renowned
• विख्यातौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि√ख्या (धातु) → विख्यात (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन; विशेषण

• गदनाशनौ: destroyers of diseases
• गदनाशनौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गद (प्रातिपदिक) + नाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन; विशेषण; तत्पुरुष-समास (गदानां नाशनौ = destroyers of diseases)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; likely Vyāsa continuing the account)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: In a luminous deva-sabhā or celestial horizon, the twin Aśvins appear youthful and radiant, holding healing herbs and a golden vessel, surrounded by subtle aura suggesting disease-destruction.

Characters & Entities

• Aśvinīkumāras
• Nāsatya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace manifests as healing power; the gods uphold dharma by removing suffering and disease.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse sits within the Dharmāraṇya context; this specific line focuses on divine origins rather than a named tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it is a descriptive statement about the Aśvins’ famed healing nature.