Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

अथ जज्ञे स महिषो यथोक्तं ब्रह्मणा पुरा । व्यवर्द्धत महावीर्यः पर्वणीव महोदधिः

Transliteration

atha jajñe sa mahiṣo yathoktaṃ brahmaṇā purā | vyavarddhata mahāvīryaḥ parvaṇīva mahodadhiḥ

Translation

แล้วมหิษะก็ถือกำเนิดขึ้น ตามที่พระพรหมได้พยากรณ์ไว้แต่ก่อน เขาผู้เปี่ยมมหาวีรภาพเจริญเติบโตพองขยายดุจมหาสมุทรยามน้ำขึ้นเต็มฝั่ง

Word by Word

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तर-बोधक अव्यय (adverb: then)

• जज्ञे: was born
• जज्ञे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• महिषः: Mahisha
• महिषः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महिष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; अपादान/सम्बोधन-रहितः कर्तृसमनाधिकरणम्

• यथोक्तम्: as stated
• यथोक्तम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय) + उक्त (वच्-धातु, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समासः; अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः (adverbial: as said)

• ब्रह्मणा: by Brahmā
• ब्रह्मणा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• पुरा: formerly
• पुरा: Kriya-visheshana (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)
• Form: काल-बोधक अव्यय (adverb: formerly)

• व्यवर्द्धत: grew / increased
• व्यवर्द्धत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + वृध् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• महावीर्यः: of great prowess
• महावीर्यः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा + वीर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (महद् वीर्यं यस्य) विशेषणम् (महिषः)

• पर्वणि: at the full-moon time / on the lunar day
• पर्वणि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• इव: like
• इव: Upamana-marker (Simile)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमा-बोधक अव्यय (particle of comparison)

• महोदधिः: the great ocean
• महोदधिः: Upamana (Standard of comparison/उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + उदधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (महान् उदधिः)

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (narrative voice within Setukhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu (Setubandha/Rāmeśvara)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The newborn Mahīṣa appears; a visual metaphor shows the ocean swelling at full tide behind him, indicating unstoppable growth and latent menace.

Characters & Entities

• Mahiṣa
• Brahmā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Karmic and cosmic outcomes unfold as foretold; unchecked power tends naturally to expansion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None in this verse; it is a narrative transition within Setukhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual instruction appears here.