Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

सूर्यवंशप्रतिष्ठित्यै वशिष्ठो मुनिसत्तमः । तस्यामुत्पादयामास मदयंत्यां सुतोत्तमम्

Transliteration

sūryavaṃśapratiṣṭhityai vaśiṣṭho munisattamaḥ | tasyāmutpādayāmāsa madayaṃtyāṃ sutottamam

Translation

Demi tegaknya dan kelangsungan Wangsa Surya, resi utama Vasiṣṭha menumbuhkan kelahiran seorang putra terbaik dalam rahim Madayantī.

Word by Word

• सूर्यवंशप्रतिष्ठित्यै: for the establishment of the Solar dynasty
• सूर्यवंशप्रतिष्ठित्यै: Sampradana (Purpose/सम्प्रदान-हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक) + वंश (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रतिष्ठिति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन; अर्थे—प्रयोजन/हेतु (for the purpose of establishing)

• वशिष्ठः: Vasiṣṭha
• वशिष्ठः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वशिष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• मुनिसत्तमः: the best of sages
• मुनिसत्तमः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक) + सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; वशिष्ठस्य विशेषणम् (epithet)

• तस्याम्: in her
• तस्याम्: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; निर्देशः—‘in her’

• उत्पादयामास: begot/produced
• उत्पादयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत् + √पद्/पादय् (धातु; causative of √पद्/√पद्-सम्बन्धः)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; causative sense—‘caused to be born/produced’

• मदयन्त्याम्: in Madayantī
• मदयन्त्याम्: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मदयन्ती (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √मद् (धातु) + शतृ/शानच्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; वर्तमानकाले वर्तमानकृदन्त; ‘in/with Madayantī’

• सुतोत्तमम्: an excellent son
• सुतोत्तमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; ‘श्रेष्ठः सुतः’

Speaker

Narrator (context not explicit in excerpt; likely Purāṇic narrator)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vasiṣṭha, serene and radiant, performs a sanctioned rite; Madayantī seated in modest royal attire receives the boon of an excellent son, with subtle solar emblems indicating Sūryavaṃśa continuity.

Characters & Entities

• Vasiṣṭha
• Sūryavaṃśa (Solar dynasty)
• Madayantī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Righteous lineage and social order are preserved through the blessings of realized sages; dharma is sustained by both kingship and ṛṣi-guidance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is specified in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is described; it attributes the birth to Vasiṣṭha’s spiritual agency.