Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 64

Devanagari script

गर्भान्निर्गतमात्रैव प्रजा तस्य विनश्यति । पूतनादिग्रहकुलैर्बाध्यते च निरंतरम्

Transliteration

garbhānnirgatamātraiva prajā tasya vinaśyati | pūtanādigrahakulairbādhyate ca niraṃtaram

Translation

บุตรหลานของเขาย่อมพินาศทันทีที่คลอดออกจากครรภ์; และเขาถูกหมู่ภูตผีผู้ก่อทุกข์ เช่น ปูตนา เป็นต้น รบกวนอย่างไม่ขาดสาย

Word by Word

• गर्भात्: from the womb
• गर्भात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्भ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान), एकवचन

• निर्गत-मात्रा: just born / only just emerged
• निर्गत-मात्रा: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्गत (कृदन्त; √गम् (धातु) + निर् + क्त) + मात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः (तत्पुरुष): ‘निर्गता एव’/‘निर्गतस्य मात्रम्’ इति; विशेषण (प्रजा)

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphasis)

• प्रजा: offspring, child
• प्रजा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• विनश्यति: perishes
• विनश्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √नश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• पूतना-आदि-ग्रह-कुलैः: by groups of grahas like Pūtanā
• पूतना-आदि-ग्रह-कुलैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूतना (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + ग्रह (प्रातिपदिक) + कुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (कुल), तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन; समासः (तत्पुरुष): ‘पूतनादयः ग्रहाः, तेषां कुलानि’

• बाध्यते: is afflicted
• बाध्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √बाध् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• निरन्तरम्: continually
• निरन्तरम्: Adhikarana (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: निरन्तर (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययवत्)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb)

Speaker

Deductive: Skanda (Kārttikeya) speaking within Setukhaṇḍa narration

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setukṣetra (Mahālaya omission—negative phala)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sorrowful household scene: a newborn fades in the mother’s arms; shadowy figures labeled as bāla-grahas hover; Pūtanā-like silhouette retreats as Skanda’s absent protection is implied; the ritual altar remains unattended, emphasizing causality in the narrative.

Characters & Entities

• Pūtanā
• Grahas
• Bāla-grahas (implicit)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇa frames ancestral rites as protective dharma; neglect is portrayed as inviting severe familial and subtle afflictions.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Setu region’s Māhātmya context underlies the teaching, though this verse focuses on the consequences rather than a specific sub-tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly: perform the prescribed Mahālaya śrāddha to avert such afflictions.