Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

अदितिर्जनयामास पुत्रानिन्द्रपुरोगमान् । जातास्तस्य महाबाहो कश्यपस्य प्रजापतेः

Transliteration

aditirjanayāmāsa putrānindrapurogamān | jātāstasya mahābāho kaśyapasya prajāpateḥ

Translation

അദിതി ഇന്ദ്രപ്രമുഖരായ പുത്രന്മാരെ പ്രസവിച്ചു; ഹേ മഹാബാഹോ, അവർ പ്രജാപതി കശ്യപന്റെ പുത്രന്മാരായിരുന്നു.

Word by Word

• अदितिः: Aditi
• अदितिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अदिति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• जनयामास: gave birth to
• जनयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जन् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; causative sense (णिच्) 'caused to be born/bore'

• पुत्रान्: sons
• पुत्रान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• इन्द्रपुरोगमान्: having Indra as their leader
• इन्द्रपुरोगमान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इन्द्र + पुरोगम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; विशेषणम्; 'पुरोगम' = अग्रे गच्छति (going in front)

• जाताः: were born
• जाताः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जन् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle) 'जात'; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• महाबाहो: O mighty-armed one
• महाबाहो: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + बाहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• कश्यपस्य: of Kaśyapa
• कश्यपस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कश्यप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• प्रजापतेः: of the Prajāpati
• प्रजापतेः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा + पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā Khaṇḍa (Āditya/Indra birth context)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahābāho (addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Aditi as luminous mother figure; infant devas emerging in a symbolic, non-literal way, with Indra highlighted—vajra emblem, regal aura—while Kaśyapa stands as Prajāpati witness.

Characters & Entities

• Aditi
• Indra
• Kaśyapa
• Prajāpati

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine order (deva leadership under Indra) is presented as arising from dharmic lineage, reinforcing the cosmic structure behind tīrtha narratives.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is named in this verse; it remains part of the chapter’s lineage prelude.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.