Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 52

Devanagari script

एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु सोमवंशविवर्द्धनः । अर्जुनाभिजने जातो जनमेजयसंभवः

Transliteration

etasminneva kāle tu somavaṃśavivarddhanaḥ | arjunābhijane jāto janamejayasaṃbhavaḥ

Translation

അന്നേ സമയത്ത് സോമവംശത്തെ വർദ്ധിപ്പിക്കുന്നവൻ, അർജുനന്റെ വംശത്തിൽ ജനിച്ച, ജനമേജയന്റെ സന്താനമായി ഒരാൾ ജനിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• etasmin: in this
• etasmin: Adhikarana (Location/Time locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle; emphasis: just/indeed)

• kāle: at the time
• kāle: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• tu: but/and
• tu: Sambandha (Connector/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (concessive/contrastive particle)

• soma-vaṃśa-vivarddhanaḥ: the increaser of the Soma dynasty
• soma-vaṃśa-vivarddhanaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: soma (प्रातिपदिक) + vaṃśa (प्रातिपदिक) + vivarddhana (प्रातिपदिक; vi-√vṛdh (धातु) + ल्युट्/अन)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष-समास (सोमवंशस्य विवर्द्धनः = increaser of the Soma dynasty)

• arjuna-abhijane: in Arjuna's lineage
• arjuna-abhijane: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: arjuna (प्रातिपदिक) + abhijana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (अर्जुनस्य अभिजने = in Arjuna's lineage)

• jātaḥ: born
• jātaḥ: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jāta (प्रातिपदिक; √jan (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (born)

• janamejaya-saṃbhavaḥ: Janamejaya, the descendant
• janamejaya-saṃbhavaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: janamejaya (प्रातिपदिक; नाम) + saṃbhava (प्रातिपदिक; sam-√bhū (धातु) + घञ्/अ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (जनमेजयस्य सम्भवः = origin/descendant named Janamejaya)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator voice)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A royal birth is announced: an infant destined to augment the Lunar dynasty, born in Arjuna’s lineage as Janamejaya’s offspring; sages/courtiers witness auspicious signs.

Characters & Entities

• Somavaṃśa
• Arjuna
• Janamejaya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇas frame history as dharma-bearing lineage: righteous dynasties are portrayed as supports of cosmic and social order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None; this is genealogical narration.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.