Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 30
Devanagari script
अष्टानां देवयोनीनां यतो जन्म च यौवनम् । सद्य एव भवेत्तस्मात्सद्योऽस्यासीच्च यौवनम्
Transliteration
aṣṭānāṃ devayonīnāṃ yato janma ca yauvanam | sadya eva bhavettasmātsadyo'syāsīcca yauvanam
Translation
八つの天なる胎より生ずる者は、誕生と同時に若さが現れる。ゆえに彼においても、若さはただちに備わっていた。
Word by Word
अष्टानाम्of eight
अष्टानाम्:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeAdjective
Rootअष्टन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; संख्यावाचक-विशेषण (genitive plural; numeral adjective)
देवयोनीनाम्of the divine wombs/origins
देवयोनीनाम्:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव-योनि (प्रातिपदिक; देव + योनि)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन (feminine; genitive plural)
यतःfrom which; whence
यतः:
Hetu/Apadana nuance (Cause/Source)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयतः (अव्यय)
Formसम्बन्धबोधक-अव्यय (relative adverb: 'from which/wherefrom')
जन्मbirth
जन्म:
Karma/Predicate nominal (Object/Complement)
TypeNoun
Rootजन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन (neuter; nominative/accusative singular)
चand
च:
Samuccaya (Coordination)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)
यौवनम्youth
यौवनम्:
Karma/Predicate nominal (Object/Complement)
TypeNoun
Rootयौवन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन (neuter; nominative/accusative singular)
सद्यःimmediately
सद्यः:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसद्यः (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb: immediately)
एवindeed; just
एव:
Nipāta (Emphasis)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअवधारण-अव्यय (particle of emphasis)
भवेत्would be; should occur
भवेत्:
Kriyā (Verb)
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (optative; 3rd person singular)
तस्मात्therefore; from that
तस्मात्:
Hetu (Reason/Cause)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसक; पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन (ablative singular: 'from that/therefore')
सद्यःimmediately
सद्यः:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसद्यः (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)
अस्यof him; his
अस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन (genitive singular: 'of him/this')
आसीत्was
आसीत्:
Kriyā (Verb)
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
Formलङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (past; 3rd person singular)
चand
च:
Samuccaya (Coordination)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)
यौवनम्youth
यौवनम्:
Karta/Predicate nominal (Subject/Complement)
TypeNoun
Rootयौवन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (neuter; nominative singular)
Speaker
Dharmarāja (Yudhiṣṭhira), addressing Keśava (Kṛṣṇa)
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (implied)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A divine child appears already youthful, surrounded by subtle signs of celestial origin—radiance, auspicious marks, and astonished attendants.
Characters & Entities
D
DharmarājaK
KeśavaD
deva-yoni (eight divine origins)FAQs
Purāṇas often explain extraordinary traits through cosmic categories, affirming an ordered, meaningful universe.
None; the verse is cosmological and explanatory.
None.