Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 83

Devanagari script

अनुस्वारो विसर्गश्च जिह्वामूलीय एव च । उपध्मानीय इत्येते जरायुजास्तथांडजाः

Transliteration

anusvāro visargaśca jihvāmūlīya eva ca | upadhmānīya ityete jarāyujāstathāṃḍajāḥ

Translation

อนุสวาระ วิสรรคะ ชิหวามูลียะ และอุปธมานียะ—เหล่านี้คือเครื่องหมายที่กล่าวไว้; และในที่นี้สัมพันธ์กับสัตว์ผู้เกิดจากครรภ์และผู้เกิดจากไข่

Word by Word

• अनुस्वारः: anusvāra (nasal sound)
• अनुस्वारः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुस्वार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• विसर्गः: visarga (aspiration)
• विसर्गः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विसर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

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

• जिह्वामूलीयः: jihvāmūlīya (guttural spirant)
• जिह्वामूलीयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जिह्वा + मूल + ईय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (जिह्वायाः मूलम् इति)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphatic particle)

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

• उपध्मानीयः: upadhmānīya (labial spirant)
• उपध्मानीयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपध्मानीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/समाप्त्यर्थक अव्यय (quotative particle)

• एते: these
• एते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (pronoun)

• जरायुजाः: born from a womb (viviparous)
• जरायुजाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जरायु + ज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (जरायोः जायन्ते इति)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकार/समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (adverb: likewise)

• अण्डजाः: egg-born (oviparous)
• अण्डजाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अण्ड + ज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (अण्डात् जायन्ते इति)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage-teacher points to sacred phonetic signs (anusvāra, visarga, jihvāmūlīya, upadhmānīya) appearing as luminous glyphs, while four classes of beings (womb-born, egg-born, etc.) arise in the background as a cosmic diagram.

Characters & Entities

• Anusvāra
• Visarga
• Jihvāmūlīya
• Upadhmānīya
• Jarāyuja
• Aṇḍaja

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Creation is explained through both sacred sound and living categories, suggesting that language and life participate in a single cosmic order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned; the focus is on phonetic signs and birth-categories.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; this is primarily explanatory/teaching material.