Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 48

Devanagari script

द्वितीयं तु तथा मासं घनीभूतः स तिष्ठति । तस्यावयवनिर्माणं तृतीये मासि जायते

Transliteration

dvitīyaṃ tu tathā māsaṃ ghanībhūtaḥ sa tiṣṭhati | tasyāvayavanirmāṇaṃ tṛtīye māsi jāyate

Translation

Sa ikalawang buwan, nananatili ito at lalong nagsisiksik at tumitibay. Sa ikatlong buwan, nagsisimula ang paghubog ng mga sangkap at mga bahagi ng katawan.

Word by Word

• द्वितीयम्: the second (month)
• द्वितीयम्: Kriya-visheshana (Temporal extent/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वितीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; ordinal used adverbially with time-measure

• तु: then/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (contrast/emphasis)

• तथा: thus, likewise
• तथा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (manner adverb)

• मासम्: a month
• मासम्: Karma (Extent/measure as object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; कालपरिमाण (time-measure)

• घनीभूतः: having become dense/solid
• घनीभूतः: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घन (प्रातिपदिक) + ई-√भू (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त ‘having become dense/solidified’

• सः: he/it
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; demonstrative pronoun

• तिष्ठति: remains
• तिष्ठति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्था (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; parasmaipada

• तस्य: of it/of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन

• अवयवनिर्माणम्: formation of limbs
• अवयवनिर्माणम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवयव (प्रातिपदिक) + निर्माण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (अवयवानां निर्माणम्)

• तृतीये: in the third
• तृतीये: Adhikarana (Location in time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तृतीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; ordinal used with ‘मासि’

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

• जायते: arises, is produced
• जायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), by section-wide deduction (Māheśvara-khaṇḍa narration to sages)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Triptych of embryonic stages: (1) fluid kalala, (2) condensed ghana, (3) emerging limb-buds like tiny lotus petals—presented symbolically with increasing clarity and light.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The body is a gradual construction within prakṛti; this supports humility and awareness of the soul’s distinctness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is referenced; the passage is doctrinal/reflective rather than geographical.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None is stated in this verse.