Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 70

Devanagari script

सांबस्य जठराज्जातं मुसलं मुनिशापतः । युवनाश्वस्य गर्भोऽभून्मुनीनां मंत्रगौरवात्

Transliteration

sāṃbasya jaṭharājjātaṃ musalaṃ muniśāpataḥ | yuvanāśvasya garbho'bhūnmunīnāṃ maṃtragauravāt

Translation

முனிவர்களின் சாபத்தால் சாம்பனின் வயிற்றிலிருந்து ஒரு முசலம் தோன்றியது; முனிவர்களின் மந்திரங்களின் கனத்த வல்லமையால் யுவநாச்வனுக்கும் கர்ப்பம் ஏற்பட்டது।

Word by Word

• सांबस्य: of Sāmba
• सांबस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सांब (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• जठरात्: from the belly
• जठरात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जठर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन

• जातम्: born
• जातम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जात (प्रातिपदिक; जन् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त))
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP)

• मुसलम्: a pestle/club
• मुसलम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुसल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन

• मुनि-शापतः: due to the sages' curse
• मुनि-शापतः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक) + शाप (प्रातिपदिक) + तस् (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb: 'from/because of'); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (muni-śāpa)

• युवनाश्वस्य: of Yuvanāśva
• युवनाश्वस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युवनाश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• गर्भः: pregnancy/embryo
• गर्भः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्भ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• अभूत्: came to be
• अभूत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लुङ्-लकार (Aorist/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• मुनीनाम्: of the sages
• मुनीनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन

• मन्त्र-गौरवात्: because of the power/weight of the mantra
• मन्त्र-गौरवात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक) + गौरव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (मन्त्रस्य गौरवम्)

Speaker

Unknown (narrative voice within Brahmottarakhaṇḍa; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa-style narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa (implied)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Split tableau: on one side Sāmba with a swollen belly as sages pronounce a curse, a heavy iron club emerging; on the other side King Yuvanāśva astonished as he becomes pregnant after drinking mantra-charged sacrificial water, with priests and fire altar present.

Characters & Entities

• Sāmba
• Muni
• Yuvanāśva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Mantra and ṛṣi authority are portrayed as real forces in dharma-literature, capable of producing extraordinary results.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is specified in this verse; it uses famed examples to validate a miraculous event in the surrounding narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is prescribed; the verse highlights mantra-gौरव (mantric efficacy) as a causal principle.