Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

इत्युक्ते स विभूतीभिः शीघ्रमेव कुमारकः । निःससार बहिर्जातश्चकंपेतिरुरोद च

Transliteration

ityukte sa vibhūtībhiḥ śīghrameva kumārakaḥ | niḥsasāra bahirjātaścakaṃpetiruroda ca

Translation

விபூதிகள் இவ்வாறு சொன்னதும் அந்தக் குழந்தை விரைவில் வெளியே வந்தது; வெளியே பிறந்தவுடன் நடுங்கி அழுதது.

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक-निपात (quotative particle)

• ukte: when said
• ukte: Kāla (Temporal circumstance/काल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु) → ukta (कृदन्त; क्त)
• Form: सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त; लोके ‘उक्ते’ = ‘when (it was) said’ (Locative absolute)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (Masculine nominative singular)

• vibhūtībhiḥ: by the vibhūtis
• vibhūtībhiḥ: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vibhūti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन (Instrumental plural)

• śīghram: quickly
• śīghram: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: śīghra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषण-प्रयोग (adverbial accusative)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपात (emphasis)

• kumārakaḥ: the boy/child
• kumārakaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kumāraka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन (Masculine nominative singular)

• niḥsasāra: came out
• niḥsasāra: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: nis-√sṛ (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परोक्सभूत/परफेक्ट), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (Perfect, 3rd singular, active)

• bahiḥ: outside
• bahiḥ: Deśa (Spatial/देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bahiḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• jātaḥ: having been born/appeared
• jātaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √jan (धातु) → jāta (कृदन्त; क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (past participle)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• akampeta: trembled
• akampeta: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√kamp (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (अनद्यतनभूत/Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद (Imperfect, 3rd singular, middle)

• iti: (thus/so)
• iti: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: पाठे ‘...कंपेतिरुरोद...’ इत्यत्र ‘इति’ सम्भाव्य-लेखनदोष/सन्ध्यन्तर; अव्यय (quotative/particle)

• ruroda: cried
• ruroda: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √rud (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परोक्सभूत/परफेक्ट), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (Perfect, 3rd singular, active)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa), narrating

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The boy emerges suddenly; attendants and Vibhūtis nearby; the infant trembles, mouth open in cry, the room lit by divine radiance and human lamp-light.

Characters & Entities

• Vibhūtis
• the child (kumāraka)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine assistance can bring life safely into the world, yet embodied existence begins with vulnerability and fear.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None is specified in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a narrative description of birth.