Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

एवं विक्रीडतस्तस्य गर्भो जज्ञे महाद्युतेः । हेडंबै राक्षसव्याघ्राद्बालसूर्यसमप्रभः

Transliteration

evaṃ vikrīḍatastasya garbho jajñe mahādyuteḥ | heḍaṃbai rākṣasavyāghrādbālasūryasamaprabhaḥ

Translation

இவ்வாறு க்ரீடித்துக் கொண்டிருந்த அந்த மகாதேஜஸ்விக்கு—ஹேடம்பையால், ராக்ஷஸர்களில் புலி போன்ற வீரனிடமிருந்து—உதயசூரியன் போன்ற ஒளியுடன் ஒரு மகன் பிறந்தான்।

Word by Word

• evaṃ: thus
• evaṃ: Adhikarana (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evaṃ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb of manner)

• vikrīḍataḥ: of (him) playing; while he was sporting
• vikrīḍataḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-krīḍ (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमान-कृदन्त (शतृ/वर्तमान-प्रत्यय), षष्ठी (genitive), एकवचन; पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसक-सम्भव; ‘विक्रीडत्’ = playing

• tasya: of him; his
• tasya: Sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• garbhaḥ: a child; embryo
• garbhaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: garbha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• jajñe: was born
• jajñe: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• mahādyuteḥ: of the great-lustrous one
• mahādyuteḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/Parentage)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā-dyuti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (महती द्युतिः यस्य)

• heḍaṃbai: in Heḍambā (place)
• heḍaṃbai: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: heḍaṃbā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; स्थानवाचक-प्रयोगः (हेडम्बायाम्)

• rākṣasa-vyāghrāt: from the tiger among rākṣasas
• rākṣasa-vyāghrāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rākṣasa (प्रातिपदिक) + vyāghra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (राक्षसानां व्याघ्रः)

• bāla-sūrya-sama-prabhaḥ: having radiance like the morning sun
• bāla-sūrya-sama-prabhaḥ: Karta (Qualifier of garbhaḥ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bāla (प्रातिपदिक) + sūrya (प्रातिपदिक) + sama (प्रातिपदिक) + prabhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (बालसूर्येण समा प्रभा यस्य)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant infant appears, glowing like the rising sun, with rākṣasa lineage markers hinted; parents nearby in astonishment; the forest and riverbank act as a natural cradle.

Characters & Entities

• Heḍambā
• rākṣasavyāghra (mighty rākṣasa)
• child (later Barbarīka)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇas portray destiny and splendour (dyuti) as visible from birth, indicating the unfolding of karmic and divine purpose in lineage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is mentioned; the focus is genealogical and narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.