Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 65
Devanagari script
मुनेर्विभांडकस्यापि शुक्रं पीत्वा सहांभसा । हरिणी गर्भिणी भूत्वा ऋष्यशृंगमसूयत
Transliteration
munervibhāṃḍakasyāpi śukraṃ pītvā sahāṃbhasā | hariṇī garbhiṇī bhūtvā ṛṣyaśṛṃgamasūyata
Translation
इसी प्रकार मुनि विभाण्डक का वीर्य भी जल के साथ पीकर एक हरिणी गर्भवती हुई और उसने ऋष्यशृंग को जन्म दिया।
Word by Word
muneḥof the sage
muneḥ:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootmuni (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन
vibhāṇḍakasyaof Vibhaṇḍaka
vibhāṇḍakasya:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootvibhāṇḍaka (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन
apialso
api:
Sambandha (Discourse particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle; ‘also/even’)
śukramsemen
śukram:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootśukra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
pītvāhaving drunk
pītvā:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Prior action/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Root√pā (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive)
sahatogether with
saha:
Sahakāraka (Accompaniment/सह)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsaha (अव्यय)
Formसह-योगे अव्यय (preposition-like indeclinable ‘with’)
ambhasāwater
ambhasā:
Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootambhas (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन
hariṇīa doe
hariṇī:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roothariṇī (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
garbhiṇīpregnant
garbhiṇī:
Karta (Subject qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootgarbhiṇī (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying hariṇī)
bhūtvāhaving become
bhūtvā:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Prior action/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Root√bhū (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive)
ṛṣyaśṛṅgamṚśyaśṛṅga
ṛṣyaśṛṅgam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootṛṣyaśṛṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
asūyatashe gave birth to
asūyata:
Kriyā (Main action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√sū (धातु)
Formलङ्-लकार (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, आत्मनेपद
Speaker
Wise elder (didactic exemplification; implied)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A gentle doe drinks from a forest stream near an austere hermitage; a luminous seed-like essence enters; later, the birth of Ṛṣyaśṛṅga is shown as a radiant child with ascetic marks, framed by trees and sages.
Characters & Entities
V
VibhāṇḍakaṚ
ṚṣyaśṛṅgaH
hariṇī (doe)FAQs
Even nature can serve as an instrument for divine or karmic outcomes; extraordinary origins do not negate spiritual greatness.
No tīrtha is identified in this verse.
None.