Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 95

Devanagari script

मन्यमानोथ तां संज्ञां सवर्णायां तदा रविः । सावर्णिं जनयामास मनुमष्टममुत्तमम्

Transliteration

manyamānotha tāṃ saṃjñāṃ savarṇāyāṃ tadā raviḥ | sāvarṇiṃ janayāmāsa manumaṣṭamamuttamam

Translation

तेव्हा रवि (सूर्य) तिला संज्ञा समजून सवर्णेच्या गर्भात उत्तम सावर्णि—अष्टम मनू—यास उत्पन्न केले।

Word by Word

• मन्यमानः: thinking, considering
• मन्यमानः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मन् (धातु)
• Form: शानच् (Present Middle Participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरबोधक अव्यय (discourse particle: then/now)

• ताम्: her/that (woman)
• ताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• संज्ञाम्: Saṃjñā (name of a woman)
• संज्ञाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संज्ञा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• सवर्णायाम्: in Savarṇā
• सवर्णायाम्: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सवर्णा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kala-adhikarana (Temporal locus/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb of time)

• रविः: Ravi, the Sun
• रविः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रवि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• सावर्णिम्: Sāvarṇi (name)
• सावर्णिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सावर्णि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• जनयामास: begot, generated
• जनयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जन् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Periphrastic Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• मनुम्: Manu
• मनुम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• अष्टमम्: eighth
• अष्टमम्: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक विशेषण (ordinal)

• उत्तमम्: excellent, best
• उत्तमम्: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण

Speaker

Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and ṛṣis (frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Solar deity Ravi in radiant form, with Savarṇā nearby; a subtle narrative cue of mistaken identity (thinking her Sañjñā). In the background, a symbolic wheel of time indicating the eighth Manu’s future role.

Characters & Entities

• Ravi (Sun)
• Sañjñā
• Savarṇā
• Sāvarṇi Manu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Puranic genealogy frames cosmic order: the Manus arise to preserve dharma across cycles of time.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None directly; the verse is part of a narrative embedded in Kāśīkhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.