Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 62
Devanagari script
एवं विक्रीडतस्तस्य गर्भो जज्ञे महाद्युतेः । हेडंबै राक्षसव्याघ्राद्बालसूर्यसमप्रभः
Transliteration
evaṃ vikrīḍatastasya garbho jajñe mahādyuteḥ | heḍaṃbai rākṣasavyāghrādbālasūryasamaprabhaḥ
Translation
ഇങ്ങനെ ക്രീഡിച്ചുകൊണ്ടിരുന്ന ആ മഹാതേജസ്വിക്ക്—ഹേഡംബയാൽ, രാക്ഷസന്മാരിൽ വ്യാഘ്രസമനായ വീരനിൽ നിന്ന്—ഉദയസൂര്യസമ പ്രഭയുള്ള ഒരു പുത്രൻ ജനിച്ചു।
Word by Word
evaṃthus
evaṃ:
Adhikarana (Manner/प्रकार)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootevaṃ (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb of manner)
vikrīḍataḥof (him) playing; while he was sporting
vikrīḍataḥ:
Sambandha (Genitive relation)
TypeVerb
Rootvi-krīḍ (धातु)
Formवर्तमान-कृदन्त (शतृ/वर्तमान-प्रत्यय), षष्ठी (genitive), एकवचन; पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसक-सम्भव; ‘विक्रीडत्’ = playing
tasyaof him; his
tasya:
Sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
garbhaḥa child; embryo
garbhaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootgarbha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन
jajñewas born
jajñe:
Kriya (Action)
TypeVerb
Rootjan (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद
mahādyuteḥof the great-lustrous one
mahādyuteḥ:
Sambandha (Genitive/Parentage)
TypeNoun
Rootmahā-dyuti (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (महती द्युतिः यस्य)
heḍaṃbaiin Heḍambā (place)
heḍaṃbai:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootheḍaṃbā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; स्थानवाचक-प्रयोगः (हेडम्बायाम्)
rākṣasa-vyāghrātfrom the tiger among rākṣasas
rākṣasa-vyāghrāt:
Apadana (Source/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootrākṣasa (प्रातिपदिक) + vyāghra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (राक्षसानां व्याघ्रः)
bāla-sūrya-sama-prabhaḥhaving radiance like the morning sun
bāla-sūrya-sama-prabhaḥ:
Karta (Qualifier of garbhaḥ)
TypeAdjective
Rootbāla (प्रातिपदिक) + sūrya (प्रातिपदिक) + sama (प्रातिपदिक) + prabhā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (बालसूर्येण समा प्रभा यस्य)
Speaker
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A radiant infant appears, glowing like the rising sun, with rākṣasa lineage markers hinted; parents nearby in astonishment; the forest and riverbank act as a natural cradle.
Characters & Entities
H
HeḍambāR
rākṣasavyāghra (mighty rākṣasa)C
child (later Barbarīka)FAQs
Purāṇas portray destiny and splendour (dyuti) as visible from birth, indicating the unfolding of karmic and divine purpose in lineage.
No specific tīrtha is mentioned; the focus is genealogical and narrative.
None.