Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

संजातः पार्थिवे वंशे राजा वेणुरिति स्मृतः । जातिस्मरो महाराज सर्वशत्रुनिकृन्तनः

Transliteration

saṃjātaḥ pārthive vaṃśe rājā veṇuriti smṛtaḥ | jātismaro mahārāja sarvaśatrunikṛntanaḥ

Translation

പിന്നീട് അവൻ രാജവംശത്തിൽ ജനിച്ച് ‘രാജാ വേണു’ എന്ന പേരിൽ പ്രസിദ്ധനായി. മഹാരാജാ, ജാതിസ്മരനായ അവൻ എല്ലാ ശത്രുക്കളെയും നശിപ്പിക്കുന്നവനായിരുന്നു.

Word by Word

• संजातः: born / arisen
• संजातः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + जन् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘सम्’ उपसर्ग

• पार्थिवे: royal
• पार्थिवे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पार्थिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• वंशे: in the lineage
• वंशे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वंश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• राजा: king
• राजा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• वेणुः: Veṇu (name)
• वेणुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेणु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/समाप्त्यर्थक अव्यय (quotative particle)

• स्मृतः: is known/called
• स्मृतः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगः (‘is called/remembered’)

• जातिस्मरः: one who remembers past births
• जातिस्मरः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जाति + स्मर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘जातीनां स्मरः’ = remembering former births)

• महाराज: O great king
• महाराज: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; समासः महा+राज (great king)

• सर्वशत्रुनिकृन्तनः: destroyer of all enemies
• सर्वशत्रुनिकृन्तनः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + शत्रु + निकृन्तन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (‘सर्वेषां शत्रूणां निकृन्तनः’ = cutter of all enemies)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic storyteller within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Acaleśvara/Arbuda (contextual source of merit)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahārāja (king) addressed

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A coronation tableau: the former parrot reborn as King Veṇu, regal yet with a subtle visual echo of the parrot (green motif, feather-like ornament), suggesting remembered past-life saṃskāra.

Characters & Entities

• King Veṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Merit and impressions can carry across births; spiritual memory (jātismara) can orient a ruler toward purposeful action.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The episode belongs to the Arbuda sacred setting centered on Acaleśvara.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the next verses highlight the king’s practice of pradakṣiṇā.