Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

स्थैर्यं चतुर्थे त्वङ्गानां पञ्चमे शोणितोद्भवः । षष्ठे बलं च वर्णश्च नखरोम्णां च सम्भवः

Transliteration

sthairyaṃ caturthe tvaṅgānāṃ pañcame śoṇitodbhavaḥ | ṣaṣṭhe balaṃ ca varṇaśca nakharomṇāṃ ca sambhavaḥ

Translation

നാലാം മാസത്തിൽ അവയവങ്ങൾക്ക് സ്ഥിരത വരുന്നു; അഞ്ചാം മാസത്തിൽ ശോണിതം (രക്തം) ഉദ്ഭവിക്കുന്നു. ആറാം മാസത്തിൽ ബലവും വർണവും (കാന്തി) പ്രകടമാകുന്നു; നഖങ്ങളും രോമങ്ങളും കൂടി രൂപപ്പെടുന്നു।

Word by Word

• स्थैर्यम्: steadiness/firmness
• स्थैर्यम्: Karma/Phala (Result)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थैर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; भाववाचक (steadiness)

• चतुर्थे: in the fourth (month/stage)
• चतुर्थे: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण (time/stage)

• तु: indeed
• तु: Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle)

• अङ्गानाम्: of the limbs
• अङ्गानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध (of the limbs)

• पञ्चमे: in the fifth (month/stage)
• पञ्चमे: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्चम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• शोणितोद्भवः: arising from blood
• शोणितोद्भवः: Karta/Predicate nominal
• Type: Noun
• Root: शोणित (प्रातिपदिक) + उद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (शोणितात् उद्भवः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विधेय (predicate)

• षष्ठे: in the sixth (month/stage)
• षष्ठे: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• बलम्: strength
• बलम्: Karma/Phala (Result)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; भाव/गुण

• च: and
• च: Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• वर्णः: color/complexion
• वर्णः: Karta/Predicate nominal
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; भाव/गुण

• च: and
• च: Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• नखरोम्णाम्: of nails and hairs
• नखरोम्णाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नख (प्रातिपदिक) + रोमन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्व-समास (नखानि च रोमाणि च), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध

• च: and
• च: Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• सम्भवः: origin/production
• सम्भवः: Karta/Predicate nominal
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम् + भू (धातु) + अप् (घञ्/भावप्रत्यय) → सम्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विधेय (predicate: origin/production)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced for Āvantya Khaṇḍa narrative frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sequential tableau of months four to six: limbs firming, red blood essence appearing as a subtle stream, then strength and complexion as a golden sheen; tiny nails and hair sprout like fine lines—presented as a sacred natural progression.

Characters & Entities

• Garbha
• Śoṇita

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Life unfolds in ordered stages under divine law; this supports reverence for pregnancy and careful, dharmic protection of the mother and child.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No named tīrtha is mentioned; the teaching appears within the Revā Khaṇḍa’s sacred narrative environment.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is prescribed here; it is a descriptive timeline of gestational development.