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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 78

समुदायेन भूतानां पञ्चानामुद्भिजं भुवि । जरायुजाश्च स्तन्येन विना जीवितुमक्षमाः

samudāyena bhūtānāṃ pañcānāmudbhijaṃ bhuvi | jarāyujāśca stanyena vinā jīvitumakṣamāḥ

Dans l’ensemble des cinq classes d’êtres, ceux nés du germe prospèrent sur la terre ; et ceux nés du ventre ne peuvent vivre sans lait.

समुदायेनcollectively, as a group
समुदायेन:
Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootसमुदाय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; प्रकार/समष्टि-भाव
भूतानाम्of beings
भूतानाम्:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootभूत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन
पञ्चानाम्of five
पञ्चानाम्:
Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपञ्चन् (प्रातिपदिक/संख्या)
Form(सामान्यतः) षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; संख्यावाचक-विशेषण
उद्भिजम्the udbhijja class (plants)
उद्भिजम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootउद्भिज (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘उद्भिज’ वर्ग-नाम
भुविon earth
भुवि:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootभू (प्रातिपदिक: भुव्/भू)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन
जरायुजाःwomb-born beings (mammals)
जरायुजाः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootजरायुज (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन
and
:
Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)
स्तन्येनby milk
स्तन्येन:
Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootस्तन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन
विनाwithout
विना:
Sambandha (Exclusion/वियोग)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootविना (अव्यय)
Formउपसर्गसदृश-अव्यय; वियोग/अभावार्थ (without); सामान्यतः तृतीया/पञ्चमी-सहयोगी
जीवितुम्to live
जीवितुम्:
Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
TypeVerb
Rootजीव् (धातु) → जीवितुम् (तुमुन्-प्रत्यय)
Formतुमुनन्त (infinitive); क्रियार्थक-नाम
अक्षमाःunable, incapable
अक्षमाः:
Visheshana (Predicate adjective/विधेय-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअक्षम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; नञ्-समास/नकारार्थ विशेषण

Unspecified (narrative voice within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya)

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Listener: null

Scene: A contemplative teaching scene in an āśrama near Prabhāsa: sages illustrate the fivefold classes of beings—sprout-born plants thriving on earth and womb-born creatures dependent on milk—set against coastal sacred geography.

FAQs

Embodied life depends on nourishment and care; gratitude toward the mother and protectors is a dharmic foundation.

The discourse occurs within Prabhāsa-kṣetra’s māhātmya, preparing for the local legend connected with Pippalāda.

None explicitly; the emphasis is on natural dependence and dharmic reflection.