Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 51

Devanagari script

अष्टमे नवमे मासि भृशमुद्विजते ततः । जरायुणा वेष्टितांगो मुखे बद्धकरांगुलिः

Transliteration

aṣṭame navame māsi bhṛśamudvijate tataḥ | jarāyuṇā veṣṭitāṃgo mukhe baddhakarāṃguliḥ

Translation

第八・第九の月には、彼は甚だしく苦悩しおののく。胎衣（jarāyu）に包まれ、四肢は囲い込まれ、指は口もと近くに縛られている。

Word by Word

• अष्टमे: in the eighth (month)
• अष्टमे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषण

• नवमे: in the ninth (month)
• नवमे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नवम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषण

• मासि: in the month
• मासि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• भृशम्: greatly
• भृशम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भृशम् (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb/very, greatly)

• उद्विजते: becomes anxious/is distressed
• उद्विजते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्-√विज् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb/then, thereafter)

• जरायुणा: by the placenta/chorion
• जरायुणा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जरायु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• वेष्टित-अङ्गः: whose body is wrapped
• वेष्टित-अङ्गः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वेष्टित (√वेष्ट् धातु, क्त) + अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि (यस्य अङ्गं वेष्टितम्)

• मुखे: in the mouth
• मुखे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• बद्ध-कर-अङ्गुलिः: whose fingers of the hand are bound (to the mouth)
• बद्ध-कर-अङ्गुलिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बद्ध (√बन्ध् धातु, क्त) + कर (प्रातिपदिक) + अङ्गुलि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि (यस्य कराङ्गुलिः बद्धा)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), by section-wide deduction (Māheśvara-khaṇḍa narration to sages)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Symbolic depiction of fetal distress in the eighth/ninth months: the fetus curled, enclosed by jarāyu (caul) as translucent veils; fingers near mouth; a sense of tightness and yearning for release, rendered respectfully and allegorically.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Suffering accompanies embodiment even before birth; this encourages liberation-seeking and compassionate dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No location is mentioned; the theme is saṃsāra and prenatal suffering.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None is directly stated.