Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 151

Devanagari script

दृतीयायां शिशुर्जातश्चतुर्थ्यां पूर्ण एवच । पंचम्यां संस्कृतः सोऽभूत्पावकं चाप्यपश्यत

Transliteration

dṛtīyāyāṃ śiśurjātaścaturthyāṃ pūrṇa evaca | paṃcamyāṃ saṃskṛtaḥ so'bhūtpāvakaṃ cāpyapaśyata

Translation

മൂന്നാം ദിവസം അവൻ ശിശുവായി ജനിച്ചു; നാലാം ദിവസം പൂർണ്ണത പ്രാപിച്ചു. അഞ്ചാം ദിവസം അവന് സംസ്കാരം നടന്നു; പാവകൻ (അഗ്നി)നെയും ദർശിച്ചു।

Word by Word

• tṛtīyāyām: on the third (day)
• tṛtīyāyām: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tṛtīyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; (on the third [day])

• śiśuḥ: the child
• śiśuḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiśu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• jātaḥ: was born
• jātaḥ: Kriya (Predicative/क्रियाविशेषण-भाव)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √jan (जन् धातु) → jāta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; (born)

• caturthyām: on the fourth (day)
• caturthyām: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: caturthī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी, एकवचन; (on the fourth [day])

• pūrṇaḥ: complete, fully formed
• pūrṇaḥ: Kriya (Predicative/क्रियाविशेषण-भाव)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pūrṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; (complete)

• eva: indeed, just
• eva: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphasis particle)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• paṃcamyām: on the fifth (day)
• paṃcamyām: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: paṃcamī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी, एकवचन; (on the fifth [day])

• saṃskṛtaḥ: was perfected/adorned
• saṃskṛtaḥ: Kriya (Predicative/क्रियाविशेषण-भाव)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-√kṛ (कृ धातु) → saṃskṛta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; (refined/adorned/formed)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• abhūt: became, was
• abhūt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (भू धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist/भूत), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• pāvakam: Fire (Pāvaka)
• pāvakam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāvaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपि (also/even)

• apaśyata: saw
• apaśyata: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: apa-√dṛś (दृश् धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/अनद्यतनभूत), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A five-day progression: third day—infant birth; fourth—complete formation; fifth—saṃskāra performed; Kumāra beholds Agni, indicating recognition and blessing.

Characters & Entities

• Agni (Pāvaka)
• Kumāra (Skanda)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even extraordinary births honor dharmic order: completion, consecration, and auspicious vision (darśana) are framed as stages of sacred becoming.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned; the verse centers on the timing of manifestation and saṃskāra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Saṃskāra (consecratory rite) performed on the fifth day is explicitly mentioned.