Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 105

Devanagari script

संज्ञेयमिति मन्वानो रूपौदार्येण मोहितः । तस्यां च जनयामास द्वौ पुत्रौ कन्यकां तथा

Transliteration

saṃjñeyamiti manvāno rūpaudāryeṇa mohitaḥ | tasyāṃ ca janayāmāsa dvau putrau kanyakāṃ tathā

Translation

“ही संज्ञा आहे” असे मानून, तिच्या रूपवैभवाने मोहित झालेल्या सूर्यदेवांनी तिच्या गर्भात दोन पुत्र आणि एक कन्या उत्पन्न केली।

Word by Word

• संज्ञेयम्: (that she is) Saṃjñā / to be recognized as Saṃjñā
• संज्ञेयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संज्ञेय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (१/२), एकवचन — neuter nom./acc. singular; इति-पूर्वकं वाक्यांशः

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उद्धरण/वाक्यसमाप्तिसूचक) — quotative particle

• मन्वानः: thinking, supposing
• मन्वानः: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन् (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (परस्मैपदी), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (१), एकवचन — present active participle, masculine nominative singular (‘thinking’)

• रूप-औदार्येण: by (her) beauty and nobility
• रूप-औदार्येण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप (प्रातिपदिक) + औदार्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (३), एकवचन — neuter, instrumental singular; समासः द्वन्द्व (रूपं च औदार्यं च) — ‘by beauty and generosity/nobility’

• मोहितः: deluded, enchanted
• मोहितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुह् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (भूतकर्मणि/भूतकालिक), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (१), एकवचन — past passive participle, masculine nominative singular (‘deluded’)

• तस्याम्: in her
• तस्याम्: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (७), एकवचन — feminine, locative singular

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

• जनयामास: begot, generated
• जनयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — 3rd person singular, perfect, active; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative sense ‘caused to be born’/‘begot’)

• द्वौ: two
• द्वौ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वि (संख्याप्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (१/२), द्विवचन — masculine dual (two)

• पुत्रौ: sons
• पुत्रौ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (२), द्विवचन — masculine, accusative dual

• कन्यकाम्: a daughter
• कन्यकाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्यका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (२), एकवचन — feminine, accusative singular

• तथा: also, likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (प्रकारवाचक/समुच्चयार्थ) — indeclinable ‘also/likewise’

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) as narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sūrya, captivated by radiant beauty, approaches the woman he believes to be Saṃjñā; the scene foreshadows the birth of two sons and a daughter, with a subtle aura of illusion (moha).

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya
• Saṃjñā (mistaken identity)
• Chāyā (implied)
• sons
• daughter

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Attachment and delusion (moha) can cloud discernment, producing far-reaching consequences in worldly lineage and order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is embedded in Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya; it supports the māhātmya through mythic background rather than direct tīrtha praise.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.