Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 91

Devanagari script

स्वर्योषिद्ब्रह्मणः शापादयोध्यायायामलंबुसा । जाता मृगावती कन्या भूपतेः कृतवर्मणः

Transliteration

svaryoṣidbrahmaṇaḥ śāpādayodhyāyāyāmalaṃbusā | jātā mṛgāvatī kanyā bhūpateḥ kṛtavarmaṇaḥ

Translation

ബ്രഹ്മശാപത്തിന്റെ പ്രഭാവത്താൽ സ്വർഗീയ അപ്സരയായ അലമ്പുസാ അയോധ്യയിൽ കൃതവർമ്മ രാജാവിന്റെ പുത്രിയായി ‘മൃഗാവതി’ എന്ന നാമത്തിൽ ജനിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• स्वर्योषित्: a celestial woman
• स्वर्योषित्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर् + योषित् (प्रातिपदिके; समास)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (स्वर्गस्य योषित्), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ब्रह्मणः: of Brahmā / of the Brahmin (contextual)
• ब्रह्मणः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• शापात्: due to/from a curse
• शापात्: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन

• अयोध्यायायाम्: in Ayodhyā
• अयोध्यायायाम्: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अयोध्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अलंबुसा: Alambusā
• अलंबुसा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अलंबुसा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• जाता: was born
• जाता: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जात (कृदन्त; √जन् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्तरि-भावे 'was born' (predicate)

• मृगावती: Mṛgāvatī
• मृगावती: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृगावती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कन्या: a maiden/daughter
• कन्या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अप्पोजिशन (to Mṛgāvatī)

• भूपतेः: of the king
• भूपतेः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूपति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कृतवर्मणः: of Kṛtavarman
• कृतवर्मणः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृतवर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic voice; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ayodhyā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A celestial maiden’s fall into human birth: Alaṃbusā’s luminous form fades into a royal maternity chamber in Ayodhyā; sages or unseen Brahmā’s decree symbolized by a scroll of fate; the newborn Mṛgāvatī is presented to King Kṛtavarman.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Alaṃbusā
• Ayodhyā
• Mṛgāvatī
• Kṛtavarman

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Karmic consequences operate even for celestial beings; births and circumstances unfold under moral causality.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ayodhyā is mentioned as the place of birth, though the Setukhaṇḍa later centers on Setu-region tīrthas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; this verse explains a karmic origin story.