Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 61

Devanagari script

मायानुभावेरितयोः पित्रोः सुरतसंभ्रमात् । देह उत्पद्यते कोपि पुंयोषित्क्लीबलक्षणः

Transliteration

māyānubhāveritayoḥ pitroḥ suratasaṃbhramāt | deha utpadyate kopi puṃyoṣitklībalakṣaṇaḥ

Translation

ਮਾਇਆ ਦੇ ਪ੍ਰਭਾਵ ਨਾਲ ਪ੍ਰੇਰਿਤ ਮਾਤਾ-ਪਿਤਾ ਦੇ ਰਤੀ-ਸੰਯੋਗ ਦੇ ਉਤਸ਼ਾਹ ਤੋਂ ਕੋਈ ਦੇਹ ਉਤਪੰਨ ਹੁੰਦੀ ਹੈ, ਜੋ ਪੁਰਖ, ਇਸਤ੍ਰੀ ਜਾਂ ਨਪੁੰਸਕ ਦੇ ਲੱਛਣ ਧਾਰਨ ਕਰਦੀ ਹੈ।

Word by Word

• मायानुभावेरितयोः: of the two (parents) impelled by māyā’s influence
• मायानुभावेरितयोः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: māyā (प्रातिपदिक) + anubhāva (प्रातिपदिक) + īrita (कृदन्त, √īr धातु)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समासः (मायानुभावेन ईरितौ = impelled by the power/effect of māyā); षष्ठी-विभक्तिः, द्विवचनम्, पुल्लिङ्गः; पित्रोः-विशेषणम्

• पित्रोः: of the two parents
• पित्रोः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्तिः, द्विवचनम्, पुल्लिङ्गः

• सुरतसंभ्रमात्: from the agitation of sexual union
• सुरतसंभ्रमात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: surata (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃbhrama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समासः (सुरते संभ्रमः); पञ्चमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्, पुल्लिङ्गः; हेतौ (ablative of cause)

• देहः: a body
• देहः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्, पुल्लिङ्गः

• उत्पद्यते: arises; is produced
• उत्पद्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √pad (पद् धातु) उपसर्गः उत्
• Form: लट्-लकारः, प्रथम-पुरुषः, एकवचनम्, आत्मनेपदम्; ‘उत्+√पद्’ = उत्पद्यते

• कः: some
• कः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्, पुल्लिङ्गः; अनिश्चितवाचकः (some)

• अपि: also; even
• अपि: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-अर्थक-अव्ययम्

• पुंयोषित्क्लीबलक्षणः: having male/female/neuter characteristics
• पुंयोषित्क्लीबलक्षणः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: puṃs (प्रातिपदिक) + yoṣit (प्रातिपदिक) + klība (प्रातिपदिक) + lakṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समाहार-द्वन्द्व/समुच्चयात्मक-समासः (पुं-योषित्-क्लीब-लक्षणः = having the characteristics of male, female, or neuter); प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्, पुल्लिङ्गः; देह-विशेषणम्

Speaker

Unknown (context not provided; likely a Purāṇic narrator within Brahmottarakhaṇḍa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Symbolic conception scene rendered modestly: parents as archetypal figures under a veil of māyā (a translucent goddess-like shroud), with a luminous jīva entering a forming body; three subtle emblems indicating male/female/neutral characteristics.

Characters & Entities

• Māyā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Embodiment is a māyā-conditioned process; recognizing this reduces ego-identification with bodily attributes.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None is named; the verse addresses cosmological/psychological causation of birth.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is mentioned; it is explanatory rather than prescriptive.