Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

हर्षाज्जज्ञे शुभा कन्या उमायाः स्वेदसंभवा । शर्वस्योरःस्थलाज्जज्ञे उमा कुचविमर्दनात्

Transliteration

harṣājjajñe śubhā kanyā umāyāḥ svedasaṃbhavā | śarvasyoraḥsthalājjajñe umā kucavimardanāt

Translation

ಹರ್ಷದಿಂದ ಉಮೆಯ ಸ್ವೇದದಿಂದ ಒಂದು ಶುಭ ಕನ್ಯೆ ಜನಿಸಿದಳು. ಹಾಗೆಯೇ ಶರ್ವ (ಶಿವ)ನ ವಕ್ಷಸ್ಥಲದಿಂದ, ಉಮೆಯ ಸ್ತನಸ್ಪರ್ಶ-ಒತ್ತಡದಿಂದ ಉಮೆಯೂ ಪುನಃ ಪ್ರकटಳಾದಳು.

Word by Word

• हर्षात्: from joy
• हर्षात्: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: harṣa (हर्ष प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन

• जज्ञे: was born
• जज्ञे: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (जन् धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• शुभा: auspicious
• शुभा: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śubhā (शुभा प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• कन्या: a maiden/daughter
• कन्या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kanyā (कन्या प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• उमायाः: of Umā
• उमायाः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: umā (उमा प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• स्वेद-संभवा: born from sweat
• स्वेद-संभवा: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sveda (स्वेद) + saṃbhava (सम्भव)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण; (स्वेदात् सम्भवः यस्याः)

• शर्वस्य: of Śarva (Śiva)
• शर्वस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śarva (शर्व प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• उरः-स्थलात्: from the chest-region
• उरः-स्थलात्: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: uras (उरस्) + sthala (स्थल)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन; (उरसः स्थलम्)

• जज्ञे: was born
• जज्ञे: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (जन् धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• उमा: Umā
• उमा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: umā (उमा प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• कुच-विमर्दनात्: from the rubbing/pressing of the breasts
• कुच-विमर्दनात्: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kuca (कुच) + vimardana (विमर्दन)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन; (कुचानां विमर्दनम्)

Speaker

Purāṇic narrator

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Umā in radiant joy; from her perspiration emerges an auspicious lotus-eyed maiden; simultaneously, a symbolic re-manifestation from Śiva’s chest is suggested—two origins shown as a diptych.

Characters & Entities

• Umā
• Śarva (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇa depicts divine manifestations arising from bliss and līlā, emphasizing the sacred, non-ordinary nature of divine embodiment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None explicitly in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.