Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

बृहस्पतिरुवाच । एतेषामष्टधा सृष्टिर्जायतेंऽत्यजसंभवा । योनि दोषात्सुरश्रेष्ठ जातेर्वक्ष्याम्यहं स्फुटम्

Transliteration

bṛhaspatiruvāca | eteṣāmaṣṭadhā sṛṣṭirjāyateṃ'tyajasaṃbhavā | yoni doṣātsuraśreṣṭha jātervakṣyāmyahaṃ sphuṭam

Translation

พระพฤหัสบดีตรัสว่า: โอ้ผู้ประเสริฐยิ่งในหมู่เทพ การเกิดขึ้นของพวกนี้มีแปดประการ อันเกี่ยวเนื่องกับสายอันตยะชะ ด้วยโทษแห่งครรภ์/วงศ์ตระกูล เราจักอธิบายจำแนกชั้นให้ชัดเจน

Word by Word

• बृहस्पतिः: Bṛhaspati
• बृहस्पतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बृहस्पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• एतेषाम्: of these
• एतेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन, सर्वनाम

• अष्टधा: in eightfold manner
• अष्टधा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अष्टधा (अव्यय)
• Form: संख्यावाचक-प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: ‘in eight ways’)

• सृष्टिः: creation, production
• सृष्टिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सृष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• जायते: arises, is born
• जायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• अन्त्यजसम्भवा: arising from antyajas
• अन्त्यजसम्भवा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्त्यज + सम्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (अन्त्यजात् सम्भवा) विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘सृष्टिः’)

• योनि-दोषात्: from the defect of womb/lineage
• योनि-दोषात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योनि + दोष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (योनेः दोषः)

• सुरश्रेष्ठ: O best of the gods
• सुरश्रेष्ठ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर + श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सुराणां श्रेष्ठः)

• जातेः: of the caste/class
• जातेः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जाति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• वक्ष्यामि: I shall explain
• वक्ष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तम-पुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन, सर्वनाम

• स्फुटम्: clearly
• स्फुटम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्फुट (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभावप्रयोग)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb)

Speaker

Bṛhaspati

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Indra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bṛhaspati begins a formal exposition: seated, right hand in teaching gesture, a diagrammatic ‘eightfold’ motif subtly suggested (eight petals or eight panels) behind him; Indra listens attentively.

Characters & Entities

• Bṛhaspati
• Indra
• Antyaja
• Jāti

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇa uses a didactic dialogue to systematize categories; the emphasis is on giving a clear account within its traditional framework.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named in this verse; it introduces an explanatory classification.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it announces an explanation of origins and categories.