Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

एवमुक्त्वाऽथ सा रंभा शंसिता निखिलैः सुरैः । अमोघरेतसस्तस्य दध्रे गर्भं निजोदरे

Transliteration

evamuktvā'tha sā raṃbhā śaṃsitā nikhilaiḥ suraiḥ | amogharetasastasya dadhre garbhaṃ nijodare

Translation

ഇങ്ങനെ പറഞ്ഞ ശേഷം സർവ്വ ദേവഗണങ്ങളാലും പ്രശംസിതയായ രംഭ, അമോഘവീര്യനായ ആ മുനിയുടെ ഗർഭം സ്വന്തം ഉദരത്തിൽ ധരിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/रीति-अर्थे (adverb: 'thus')

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Kriyā (Gerundial prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु) + क्त्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund); पूर्वकालिकक्रिया (having said)

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनन्तरार्थक (particle: then/now)

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

• रंभा: Rambhā
• रंभा: Karta (Apposition to subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रंभा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• शंसिता: praised/commended
• शंसिता: Karta (Predicate participle describing subject)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शंस् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन

• निखिलैः: by all
• निखिलैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/agentive instrument)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निखिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental); बहुवचन; विशेषण (सुरैः)

• सुरैः: by the gods
• सुरैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/agent: by the gods)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति; बहुवचन

• अमोघरेतसः: of Amogharetas
• अमोघरेतसः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमोघ-रेतस् (प्रातिपदिक; अमोघ + रेतस्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive); एकवचन

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive: of him)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• दध्रे: she bore/held
• दध्रे: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: धृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person); एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• गर्भम्: a fetus/embryo
• गर्भम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्भ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन

• निजोदरे: in her own belly
• निजोदरे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निज-उदर (प्रातिपदिक; निज + उदर)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative); एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (narrative continuation; explicit speaker not repeated in this verse after 144.1)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rambhā, radiant and modest, stands amid assembled devas who praise her; a subtle aura indicates conception by the sage’s unfailing seed—no explicit eroticism, only divine wonder.

Characters & Entities

• Rambhā
• Devas
• Jābāli (implied: the sage)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The potency born of tapas is depicted as unfailing; spiritual power manifests consequences that even the Devas acknowledge.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The surrounding section is the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra māhātmya within Nāgarakhaṇḍa, providing sacred-geography context to the narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is genealogical/narrative development.