Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 107

Devanagari script

जनकस्य कुले जाता विश्रुता जनकात्मजा । ख्याता वेदवती पूर्वं ब्रह्मविद्याघनाशिनी

Transliteration

janakasya kule jātā viśrutā janakātmajā | khyātā vedavatī pūrvaṃ brahmavidyāghanāśinī

Translation

นางบังเกิดในราชวงศ์ของชนก เป็นที่เลื่องลือว่า “ธิดาแห่งชนก” แต่เดิมนางเป็นที่รู้จักนาม “เวทวตี” ผู้ทำลายความมืดทึบแห่งอวิชชาด้วยพรหมวิทยา

Word by Word

• जनकस्य: of Janaka
• जनकस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• कुले: in the lineage/family
• कुले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• जाता: born
• जाता: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जन् (धातु) → जात (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• विश्रुता: well-known
• विश्रुता: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-श्रु (धातु) → विश्रुत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• जनकात्मजा: Janaka’s daughter
• जनकात्मजा: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनक (प्रातिपदिक) + आत्मज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (जनकस्य आत्मजा)

• ख्याता: known, famed
• ख्याता: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ख्या (धातु) → ख्यात (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• वेदवती: Vedavatī (name; ‘possessing the Veda’)
• वेदवती: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेद (प्रातिपदिक) + वत्/वती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘वेदः अस्याः अस्ति’ इत्यर्थे वतुप्-प्रत्ययान्त (possessive)

• पूर्वम्: formerly, earlier
• पूर्वम्: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूर्वम् (अव्यय/नपुंसक-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• ब्रह्मविद्याघनाशिनी: destroyer of the dense (cloud-like) obscuration of Brahma-knowledge
• ब्रह्मविद्याघनाशिनी: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ब्रह्मविद्या (प्रातिपदिक) + घन (प्रातिपदिक) + नाशिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः/बहुपद-समासः: ‘ब्रह्मविद्यायाः घनं (मेघवत् आवरणं) नाशयति’

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced for Māheśvara-khaṇḍa narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mithilā (Janaka-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sītā as Janakī stands with serene radiance; behind her, a faint earlier-form overlay of Vedavatī as an ascetic woman holding a waterpot and kusa grass, symbolizing tapas and continuity; darkness (tamas) dissolves into light around her.

Characters & Entities

• Janaka
• Janakātmajā (Sītā)
• Vedavatī
• Brahmavidyā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True fame is rooted in brahma-vidyā—knowledge that removes the darkness of ignorance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader passage belongs to Kedāra-khaṇḍa (Kedāra/Kedārnātha kṣetra-māhātmya), though this verse itself is genealogical.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly in this verse; it introduces a sacred identity connected with spiritual knowledge.