Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 71

Devanagari script

यज्वा राममिव प्राप सहस्रानीकमात्मजम् । एवं विधूमः संजज्ञे शतानीकान्नृपोत्तमात्

Transliteration

yajvā rāmamiva prāpa sahasrānīkamātmajam | evaṃ vidhūmaḥ saṃjajñe śatānīkānnṛpottamāt

Translation

ครั้นประกอบยัญญ์แล้ว เขาได้โอรสชื่อสหัสรานีกะ ดุจ (ทศรถได้) พระราม ฉะนั้น วิธูมะจึงบังเกิดจากพระราชาผู้ประเสริฐ ศตานีกะ

Word by Word

• यज्वा: having performed sacrifice
• यज्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yaj (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त (absolutive/gerund) ‘having sacrificed’ (यज् + क्त्वा → यज्वा)

• रामम्: Rāma
• रामम्: Upamana (Standard of comparison/उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन (accusative singular)

• इव: like
• इव: Sambandha (Comparison marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iva (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमानसूचक-अव्यय (comparative particle)

• प्राप: obtained
• प्राप: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√āp (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/लिट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सहस्रानीकम्: Sahasrānīka (name)
• सहस्रानीकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sahasra-anīka (प्रातिपदिक; sahasra ‘thousand’ + anīka ‘army/host’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन (accusative singular; proper name)

• आत्मजम्: a son
• आत्मजम्: Karma (Apposition to object/समनाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ātma-ja (प्रातिपदिक; ātman ‘self’ + ja ‘born’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन (accusative singular)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of manner)

• विधूमः: Vidhūma (name)
• विधूमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vidhūma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (nominative singular; proper name)

• संजज्ञे: was born/arose
• संजज्ञे: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-√jan (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/लिट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• शतानीकात्: from Śatānīka
• शतानीकात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śatānīka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन (ablative singular)

• नृपोत्तमात्: from the best of kings
• नृपोत्तमात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpa-uttama (प्रातिपदिक; nṛpa ‘king’ + uttama ‘best’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन (ablative singular)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual, within Setukhaṇḍa narration)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Celebration in the palace: the newborn Sahasrānīka presented; priests bless; the king’s joy is restrained and reverent; parallel visual echo of Daśaratha-Rāma motif through symbolic elements (bow/lotus).

Characters & Entities

• Sahasrānīka
• Rāma
• Vidhūma
• Śatānīka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Righteous ritual action is shown to culminate in orderly lineage and social stability, framed as a dharmic fruit (phala).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is directly extolled in this verse; the Setukhaṇḍa context remains the larger sacred frame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse references completion of sacrifice (yajvā) and its fruit—offspring—without detailing further procedure.