Mantra 8

Sukta 25

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अधि स्कन्द वीरयस्व गर्भमा धेहि योन्याम्। वृषासि वृष्ण्यावन् प्रजायै त्वा नयामसि

IAST Transliteration

ádhi skanda vīráyasva gárbham ā́ dhehi yónyām | vṛ́ṣā asi vṛṣṇyāvan prajā́yai tvā́ nayāmasi ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Come over, O Skanda, display thy manly might; place thou the embryo in the womb. A bull art thou, bull-strong: for progeny we bring thee hither.

Translation

来たれ、スカンダ（Skanda）よ。男らしき力をあらわし、胎胚を胎内（ヨーニ）に据えよ。汝は牡牛、牡牛のごとく強し――子孫のために、われらは汝をここへ導く。

Word by Word

अधिupon, over

स्कन्दO Skanda

वीरयस्वbecome/act as a hero; show valor

गर्भम्embryo, fetus

आ(prefix) in/into, towards; completely

धेहिplace, set, put

योन्याम्in the womb, in the source

वृषाa bull; the virile one

असिyou are

वृष्ण्यावन्O possessor of manly vigor

प्रजायैfor offspring, for progeny

त्वाyou (as object)

नयामसिwe lead, we bring

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (uncertain without anukramaṇī confirmation)

Devata: Skanda (as vīrya/virility power), with implicit focus on implantation

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; requires metrical verification)

Mantra Rasa

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