Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

पुत्रं वै जनयामास सर्वलक्षणलक्षितम् । तत्र पार्थिवशार्दूल कृष्णपक्षे ऽश्विनस्य च

Transliteration

putraṃ vai janayāmāsa sarvalakṣaṇalakṣitam | tatra pārthivaśārdūla kṛṣṇapakṣe 'śvinasya ca

Translation

Она воистину родила сына, отмеченного всеми благими признаками. Там же, о тигр среди царей, это случилось в тёмную половину (кришна-пакша) месяца Ашвина.

Word by Word

• पुत्रम्: a son
• पुत्रम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• वै: indeed
• वै: Prayojaka (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात; emphasis/indeed)

• जनयामास: gave birth to; bore
• जनयामास: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु) (णिच् causative: जनय)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative: ‘caused to be born/bore’)

• सर्वलक्षणलक्षितम्: marked with all (auspicious) signs
• सर्वलक्षणलक्षितम्: Karma (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व-लक्षण-लक्षित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास (बहुपद): सर्व + लक्षण + लक्षित (तत्पुरुष-प्रधान: ‘marked with all auspicious marks’); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘पुत्रम्’ विशेषण

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Place)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (स्थानवाचक)

• पार्थिवशार्दूल: O tiger among kings
• पार्थिवशार्दूल: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थिव-शार्दूल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: पार्थिवः + शार्दूलः (कर्मधारयः: ‘tiger among kings’); पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• कृष्णपक्षे: in the dark fortnight
• कृष्णपक्षे: Adhikaraṇa (Temporal locus)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण-पक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: कृष्णः + पक्षः (कर्मधारयः: ‘dark fortnight’); पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• अश्विनस्य: of (the month) Aśvina
• अश्विनस्य: Sambandha (Genitive: of Aśvina month)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्विन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन (मास-नाम)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय conjunction)

Speaker

Pulastya (deduced from immediate narrative context continuing into Adhyāya 6:1)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A king (addressed as pārthiva-śārdūla)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Auspicious childbirth scene near a sacred waterbody; attendants, lamps, protective rites; the newborn bears auspicious marks; the sky suggests Aśvina dark fortnight night.

Characters & Entities

• Aśvina (month)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Association with a holy place and sacred timing is portrayed as yielding auspicious outcomes, including blessed progeny.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same tīrtha in Arbuda Khaṇḍa where the virtuous woman stayed; its sanctity is implied through the auspicious event occurring there.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is prescribed; the verse notes sacred time (Aśvina, kṛṣṇa-pakṣa) in the tīrtha narrative.