Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

ततस्तदुदराज्जाता देवलोके महत्तरे । तयापि चेह तस्यर्षेर्भूय एव नियोजिता

Transliteration

tatastadudarājjātā devaloke mahattare | tayāpi ceha tasyarṣerbhūya eva niyojitā

Translation

“ต่อมาข้าพเจ้าได้ถือกำเนิดจากครรภ์ของนางในเทวโลกอันยิ่งใหญ่ และนางเองก็ส่งข้าพเจ้ามายังที่นี่อีกครั้ง มอบหมายให้ข้าพเจ้าอยู่กับฤๅษีองค์นั้น”

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Discourse adverb (क्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रमवाचक (then)

• तत्: her/that
• तत्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; ‘तस्य’ अर्थे, उदरस्य विशेषण

• उदरात्: from the womb
• उदरात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• जाता: was born
• जाता: Kriya/Predicate (क्रिया/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु) → जात (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘born’

• देवलोके: in the world of the gods
• देवलोके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवलोक (प्रातिपदिक: देव + लोक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• महत्तरे: in the greater (realm)
• महत्तरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; तुलनात्मक (comparative)

• तया: by her
• तया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपेक्षार्थक अव्यय (also/even)

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (and)

• इह: here
• इह: Adverbial (देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (here)

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• ऋषेः: of the sage
• ऋषेः: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• भूयः: again
• भूयः: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस् (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरर्थक अव्यय (again/more)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Emphasis (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (indeed/just)

• नियोजिता: was assigned/engaged
• नियोजिता: Kriya/Predicate (क्रिया/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + युज् (धातु) → नियोजित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मणि ‘was appointed/assigned’

Speaker

Kanyā (Phalavatī)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Unnamed interlocutor

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A celestial setting where the maiden is born; Rambhā, after childbirth, gestures toward the earthward path, entrusting the child to the sage’s care in the human realm.

Characters & Entities

• Rambhā
• Phalavatī
• Jābāli (implied)
• Devaloka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic storytelling presents karma and divine arrangement as shaping births and reunions across realms.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; it continues the character’s origin account inside the Tīrthamāhātmya chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it narrates a transfer/assignment rather than a rite.