Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 70

Devanagari script

तस्यां तु जायमानायां जंतवः स्थाणुजंगमाः । अभवन्सुखिनः सर्वे सर्वलोकनिवासिनः

Transliteration

tasyāṃ tu jāyamānāyāṃ jaṃtavaḥ sthāṇujaṃgamāḥ | abhavansukhinaḥ sarve sarvalokanivāsinaḥ

Translation

Lorsqu’elle enfanta, tous les êtres—immobiles et mobiles—devinrent heureux ; en vérité, tous les habitants de tous les mondes furent comblés de bien-être.

Word by Word

• तस्याम्: in/when she (was)
• तस्याम्: Adhikarana (Time/Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — ‘in her/at her (time)’

• तु: indeed, then
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/समुच्चय-व्यतिरेक) — ‘but/indeed’

• जायमानायाम्: while being born
• जायमानायाम्: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जन् (धातु) → जायमान (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ/शानच्), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — locative absolute with तस्याम्: ‘when (she) was being born’

• जन्तवः: creatures
• जन्तवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्तु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन — subject

• स्थाणुजङ्गमाः: stationary and moving
• स्थाणुजङ्गमाः: Vishesana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्थाणु (प्रातिपदिक) + जङ्गम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; समासः—स्थाणवः च जङ्गमाः च (इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व) — qualifying जन्तवः

• अभवन्: became
• अभवन्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत/Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद — ‘became’

• सुखिनः: happy
• सुखिनः: Karta (Predicate/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुखिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन — predicate adjective of जन्तवः

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Vishesana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन — qualifying जन्तवः

• सर्वलोकनिवासिनः: dwellers in all worlds
• सर्वलोकनिवासिनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + लोक (प्रातिपदिक) + निवासिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; समासः—सर्वेषु लोकेषु निवासिनः (सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष) — apposition to जन्तवः

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: As the child is born, the whole cosmos responds: animals, plants, and beings across realms brighten; even still things seem to smile—an omnipresent wave of well-being.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The advent of the divine restores harmony—joy spreads naturally across all realms and beings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse primarily glorifies the cosmic auspiciousness of Guha’s birth rather than naming a single tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is prescribed here; the focus is on the universal auspicious effect of the divine birth.