Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

ततश्च सुषुवे पुत्रं दशमे मासि शोभनम् । द्वादशार्कप्रतीकाशं सर्वलक्षणलक्षितम्

Transliteration

tataśca suṣuve putraṃ daśame māsi śobhanam | dvādaśārkapratīkāśaṃ sarvalakṣaṇalakṣitam

Translation

แล้วในเดือนที่สิบ นางประสูติบุตรชายอันงดงาม—สว่างไสวประหนึ่งดวงอาทิตย์สิบสองดวง และมีลักษณะมงคลครบถ้วน

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Sambandha (Modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

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

• सुषुवे: gave birth
• सुषुवे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √सू (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपदम्

• पुत्रम्: a son
• पुत्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• दशमे: in the tenth
• दशमे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दशम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषणम्

• मासि: month
• मासि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन

• शोभनम्: beautiful, auspicious
• शोभनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शोभन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (पुत्रम्)

• द्वादशार्कप्रतीकाशम्: shining like twelve suns
• द्वादशार्कप्रतीकाशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वादश + अर्क + प्रतीकाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; द्विगु-तत्पुरुषः (द्वादश अर्काः) + तत्पुरुषः (तत्सदृश-प्रतीकाशः); विशेषणम् (पुत्रम्)

• सर्वलक्षणलक्षितम्: marked with all auspicious signs
• सर्वलक्षणलक्षितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + लक्षण + लक्षित (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (सर्वलक्षणैः लक्षितम्); क्त-प्रत्ययान्तः; विशेषणम् (पुत्रम्)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic storyteller voice)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A splendid birth in the tenth month: the newborn shines like twelve suns, bearing every auspicious mark; attendants and family witness a miraculous radiance filling the chamber.

Characters & Entities

• putra (son)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Auspicious qualities are portrayed as the fruit of divine blessing and dharmic order, signaling a destined role for the child.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is directly mentioned in this verse; it is part of the broader tīrtha-māhātmya storytelling arc.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse describes the birth and auspicious marks.