Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 40
Devanagari script
तृतीयेऽजगरो घोरश्चतुर्थेऽहं भवे वृकः । पंचमे विड्वराहश्च षष्ठेऽहं कृकलासकः
Transliteration
tṛtīye'jagaro ghoraścaturthe'haṃ bhave vṛkaḥ | paṃcame viḍvarāhaśca ṣaṣṭhe'haṃ kṛkalāsakaḥ
Translation
ในชาติที่สาม ข้ากลายเป็นงูเหลือมอันน่ากลัว; ในชาติที่สี่ ข้าเป็นหมาป่า. ในชาติที่ห้า ข้าเป็นหมูป่า (วราหะ); และในชาติที่หก ข้าเป็นกิ้งก่า
Word by Word
तृतीयेin the third (birth)
तृतीये:
Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootतृतीय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन — (भवे) ‘in the third (birth)’
अजगरःa python
अजगरः:
Karta (Predicate-Noun/कर्तृसमानााधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootअजगर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
घोरःterrible
घोरः:
Karta (Subject-Qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootघोर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — ‘अजगरः’ इति विशेषणम्
चतुर्थेin the fourth (birth)
चतुर्थे:
Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootचतुर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन — (भवे) ‘in the fourth (birth)’
अहम्I
अहम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formउत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन
भवेin (that) birth
भवे:
Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootभव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन
वृकःa wolf
वृकः:
Karta (Predicate-Noun/कर्तृसमानााधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootवृक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — जातः (अध्याहृत)
पञ्चमेin the fifth (birth)
पञ्चमे:
Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपञ्चम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन — (भवे) ‘in the fifth (birth)’
विड्-वराहःa filthy boar
विड्-वराहः:
Karta (Predicate-Noun/कर्तृसमानााधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootविड् (प्रातिपदिक) + वराह (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — विड्वराहः = a boar (living on filth/excrement)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक conjunction)
षष्ठेin the sixth (birth)
षष्ठे:
Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootषष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन — (भवे) ‘in the sixth (birth)’
अहम्I
अहम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formउत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन
कृकलासकःa lizard
कृकलासकः:
Karta (Predicate-Noun/कर्तृसमानााधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootकृकलासक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — जातः (अध्याहृत)
Speaker
Unspecified in excerpt (same narrator)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A sequential procession of animal forms: coiled python in shadow, wolf prowling, boar rooting earth, lizard clinging to stone—each framed like a karmic ‘chapter’ with the same subtle soul-light migrating through scenes.
Characters & Entities
A
ajagara (python)V
vṛka (wolf)V
varāha (boar)K
kṛkalāsa (lizard)FAQs
Karma can lead to repeated embodiment in instinct-driven forms, underscoring the urgency of dharma and self-restraint.
None is specified in this verse.
No explicit rite is prescribed.