Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

यस्माद्विश्रवसो जातो मम पौत्रत्वमागतः । तस्माद्वैश्रवणो नाम तव दत्तं मयानघ

Transliteration

yasmādviśravaso jāto mama pautratvamāgataḥ | tasmādvaiśravaṇo nāma tava dattaṃ mayānagha

Translation

നീ വിശ്രവയിൽ നിന്നു ജനിച്ച് എന്റെ പൗത്രനായതിനാൽ, ഹേ അനഘാ, ഞാൻ നിനക്കു ‘വൈശ്രവണ’ എന്ന നാമം ദത്തമായി നൽകുന്നു।

Word by Word

• यस्मात्: from which/wherefrom
• यस्मात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम-रूप

• विश्रवसः: of Viśravas
• विश्रवसः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्रवस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• जातः: born
• जातः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु) → जात (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोग-सामर्थ्य; ‘born’

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम-रूप

• पौत्रत्वम्: grandsonhood; the state of being (my) grandson
• पौत्रत्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पौत्रत्व (प्रातिपदिक; पौत्र + त्व)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• आगतः: has come; has been attained
• आगतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ√गम् (धातु) → आगत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘has come/has attained’

• तस्मात्: therefore; from that reason
• तस्मात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम-रूप

• वैश्रवणः: Vaiśravaṇa (name/title)
• वैश्रवणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैश्रवण (प्रातिपदिक; विश्रवस्-अपत्य/सम्बन्ध)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• नाम: name
• नाम: Visheshana (Appositional qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोगः ‘as name’

• तव: to you/your
• तव: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम-रूप

• दत्तम्: given
• दत्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु) → दत्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगः ‘given’

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (Instrument/Agent in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम-रूप

• अनघ: O sinless one
• अनघ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Brahmā (quoted by Mārkaṇḍeya)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A great king (rājā) addressed as ‘anagha’/‘mahārāja’ in surrounding verses

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A venerable patriarchal deity/ṛṣi-figure formally names the child of Viśravā, conferring the title Vaiśravaṇa; attendants hold ritual vessels and palm-leaf records of lineage.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Viśravā
• Vaiśravaṇa (Kubera)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Names in Purāṇic tradition encode dharma and identity, tying personal destiny to sacred lineage and divine blessing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is specified in this line; it remains within the Revā Khaṇḍa’s contextual sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A naming (nāmākaraṇa) blessing is given, emphasizing sanctified identity rather than a detailed ritual.