Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

व्यास उवाच । तया चोत्पादिता राजञ्छरीरा त्कुलदेवताः

Transliteration

vyāsa uvāca | tayā cotpāditā rājañcharīrā tkuladevatāḥ

Translation

Vyāsa dit : Ô Roi, de son corps aussi furent engendrées les kuladevatā, divinités protectrices du clan.

Word by Word

• व्यासः: Vyāsa
• व्यासः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तया: by her/with her
• तया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

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

• उत्पादिताः: were produced/created
• उत्पादिताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत् + पद् (धातु) (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; पुंलिङ्ग (देवताः इति विशेष्येण)

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• शरीराः: embodied/with bodies
• शरीराः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शरीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण (देवताः)

• कुलदेवताः: family deities
• कुलदेवताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुल (प्रातिपदिक) + देवता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (कुलस्य देवताः)

Speaker

Vyāsa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājan / Nṛpa

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vyāsa narrates a theogony-like moment: from a divine feminine figure (unnamed here) emerge multiple guardian goddesses, each with distinct emblems; the king listens as the forest-kṣetra glows with numinous light.

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• kula-devatāḥ

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine protection for lineages is framed as arising from Śakti’s manifested power.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it transitions into a deity-manifestation narrative within Dharmāraṇya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it is a narrative introduction by Vyāsa.