Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 23

Devanagari script

इयाज यज्ञपुरुषं संजाता कन्यका ततः । तेजस्विनी रूपवती सर्वलोकमनोहरा

Transliteration

iyāja yajñapuruṣaṃ saṃjātā kanyakā tataḥ | tejasvinī rūpavatī sarvalokamanoharā

Translation

اس نے یَجْنَ پُرُش کی عقیدت سے پوجا کی؛ پھر ایک بیٹی پیدا ہوئی۔ وہ نورانی، حسین اور تمام جہانوں کے دلوں کو موہ لینے والی تھی۔

Word by Word

• इयाज: (she) worshipped / performed sacrifice
• इयाज: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: यज् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular)

• यज्ञपुरुषम्: the Yajña-Puruṣa (personification of sacrifice)
• यज्ञपुरुषम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक) + पुरुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया (accusative, 2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• संजाता: born / arisen
• संजाता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + जन् (धातु) → संजात (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि/भूतभावे क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), प्रथमा (nominative, 1st), एकवचन (singular)

• कन्यका: a maiden
• कन्यका: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्यका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), प्रथमा (nominative, 1st), एकवचन (singular)

• ततः: then / thereafter
• ततः: Adhikaraṇa (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable), क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• तेजस्विनी: radiant
• तेजस्विनी: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तेजस्विन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), प्रथमा (nominative, 1st), एकवचन (singular)

• रूपवती: beautiful
• रूपवती: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रूपवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), प्रथमा (nominative, 1st), एकवचन (singular)

• सर्वलोकमनोहरा: charming to all the worlds
• सर्वलोकमनोहरा: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + लोक (प्रातिपदिक) + मनोहर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), प्रथमा (nominative, 1st), एकवचन (singular)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator in Revā Khaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha-region (contextual)

Type: river

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacrificial pavilion by a sacred riverbank; the father performs worship to Yajña-Puruṣa; a radiant infant girl appears, haloed, as sages and attendants witness the boon.

Characters & Entities

• Yajñapuruṣa
• Kanyā (daughter)
• Rājā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharmically performed worship bears fruit; blessings arise as a result of aligning one’s desire with sacred rite and divine will.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā Khaṇḍa setting implicitly honors the Revā/Narmadā sacred region, while this verse focuses on the fruit of yajña.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship/propitiation of Yajña-Puruṣa through yajña, presented as efficacious for attaining progeny.