Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

राशयो द्वादश तथा नक्षत्राणि तथैव च । स्वाधिष्ठानसमुद्भूता जगद्बीजसमन्विताः

Transliteration

rāśayo dvādaśa tathā nakṣatrāṇi tathaiva ca | svādhiṣṭhānasamudbhūtā jagadbījasamanvitāḥ

Translation

പന്ത്രണ്ട് രാശികളും അതുപോലെ നക്ഷത്രങ്ങളും—ഇവയെല്ലാം സ്വാധിഷ്ഠാനത്തിൽ നിന്ന് ഉദ്ഭവിച്ചു, ജഗദ്-ബീജശക്തിയാൽ സമന്വിതമായി.

Word by Word

• राशयः: zodiacal signs
• राशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राशि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनम्

• द्वादश: twelve
• द्वादश: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वादश (संख्याप्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्याशब्दः; अत्र ‘राशयः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम् (twelve)

• तथा: also
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb) ‘also/likewise’

• नक्षत्राणि: lunar mansions; constellations
• नक्षत्राणि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नक्षत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनम्

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थ (emphatic: just/indeed)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

• स्वाधिष्ठानसमुद्भूताः: arisen from Svādhiṣṭhāna
• स्वाधिष्ठानसमुद्भूताः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वाधिष्ठान (प्रातिपदिक) + समुद्भूत (कृदन्त; √भू सत्तायाम्, सम्+उद् उपसर्गौ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनम्; ‘स्वाधिष्ठानात् समुद्भूत’ इति (arisen from Svādhiṣṭhāna)

• जगद्बीजसमन्विताः: endowed with the world-seeds
• जगद्बीजसमन्विताः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक) + बीज (प्रातिपदिक) + समन्वित (कृदन्त; सम्+अन्वि √इ/√वि?; ‘endowed’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनम्; ‘जगतो बीजैः समन्वित’ इति (endowed with the seeds of the world)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Svādhiṣṭhāna (inner tīrtha)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene yogic figure with Svādhiṣṭhāna lotus glowing; above, a celestial dome showing twelve rāśis and a ring of nakṣatras, all connected by threads of light to the inner center labeled ‘jagad-bīja’.

Characters & Entities

• Svādhiṣṭhāna
• Rāśi (12)
• Nakṣatra
• Jagadbīja

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Cosmic order (time and destiny markers like rāśis and nakṣatras) is portrayed as rooted in a sacred source, suggesting the universe is structured by divine potency.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No named tīrtha appears in this verse; it supports the chapter’s broader sacred teaching rather than a single location.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None is directly stated.