Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 75

Devanagari script

वल्लभस्य तदा जज्ञे तनयो वै बलोत्कटः । वसंतक इति ख्यातो नर्मकर्मसु कोविदः

Transliteration

vallabhasya tadā jajñe tanayo vai balotkaṭaḥ | vasaṃtaka iti khyāto narmakarmasu kovidaḥ

Translation

അപ്പോൾ വല്ലഭന് അത്യന്തം ശക്തിയുള്ള ഒരു പുത്രൻ ജനിച്ചു; ‘വസന്തകൻ’ എന്ന പേരിൽ പ്രസിദ്ധനായ അവൻ ഹാസ്യ-വിനോദകലകളിൽ നിപുണനായിരുന്നു।

Word by Word

• वल्लभस्य: of Vallabha
• वल्लभस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वल्लभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तदा: then
• तदा: N/A
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

• जज्ञे: was born
• जज्ञे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद-रूप (middle)

• तनयः: son
• तनयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• वै: indeed
• वै: N/A
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic particle)

• बलोत्कटः: very strong
• बलोत्कटः: Samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate adjective/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बल + उत्कट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (bala-utkaṭa = exceedingly strong)

• वसंतकः: Vasaṃtaka
• वसंतकः: Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसंतक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; नाम (proper name)

• इति: thus, called
• इति: N/A
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरण/नाम-परिसमाप्ति (quotative particle)

• ख्यातः: known, famed
• ख्यातः: Samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate adjective/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ख्या (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• नर्मकर्मसु: in playful acts/jesting
• नर्मकर्मसु: Adhikarana (Domain/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर्म + कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (narma-karma = acts of jest/pleasantry)

• कोविदः: skilled
• कोविदः: Samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate adjective/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कोविद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

Speaker

Narrator (contextual, within Setukhaṇḍa narration)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vasaṃtaka, strong yet graceful, shown in a palace garden or court entertainment: musicians, dancers, and witty exchange; spring motifs (flowers, breezes) subtly echo his name.

Characters & Entities

• Vallabha
• Vasaṃtaka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even courtly refinement and humor are portrayed as valued skills when harmonized with dharma and community well-being.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.