Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 21

Devanagari script

ततः प्रभाते विमले प्रोद्गते रविमंडले । दितिः संजनयामास सप्तधा सप्त बालकान्

Transliteration

tataḥ prabhāte vimale prodgate ravimaṃḍale | ditiḥ saṃjanayāmāsa saptadhā sapta bālakān

Translation

ನಂತರ ನಿರ್ಮಲ ಪ್ರಭಾತದಲ್ಲಿ, ಸೂರ್ಯಮಂಡಲ ಉದಯಿಸಿದಾಗ, ದಿತಿಯು ಏಳು ಗುಂಪುಗಳಾಗಿ ಏಳು-ಏಳು ಶಿಶುಗಳನ್ನು ಪ್ರಸವಿಸಿದಳು.

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (then/thereafter)

• प्रभाते: at dawn
• प्रभाते: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; ‘at dawn’

• विमले: clear, pure
• विमले: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विमल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (to प्रभाते)

• प्रोद्गते: having risen
• प्रोद्गते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + उद् + गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय (भूतकृदन्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; ‘when (it) had risen’ (locative absolute with रविमण्डले)

• रविमण्डले: in the sun-disc
• रविमण्डले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रवि (प्रातिपदिक) + मण्डल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘रवेः मण्डले’ = in the sun’s disc

• दितिः: Diti
• दितिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• संजनयामास: gave birth to, produced
• संजनयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + जनि/जन् (धातु, णिच्)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative): ‘caused to be born/brought forth’

• सप्तधा: sevenfold
• सप्तधा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सप्तधा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकारवाचक

• सप्त: seven
• सप्त: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्त (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्या-विशेषण

• बालकान्: boys, children
• बालकान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बालक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa context; traditionally Sūta)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At spotless dawn with the sun risen, Diti gives birth to seven groups of seven children—49 in total—framed by morning purity.

Characters & Entities

• Diti
• Sun (Ravi)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dawn imagery frames renewal: despite violence and obstruction, life and destined outcomes manifest under cosmic order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific location is cited in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the mention of dawn can support general dharmic emphasis on auspicious timing, but no rite is stated.