Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

चन्द्रनक्षत्रसहिता ग्रहग्रामनदीनदाः । अण्डजं स्वेदजं जातमुद्भिज्जं च जरायुजम्

Transliteration

candranakṣatrasahitā grahagrāmanadīnadāḥ | aṇḍajaṃ svedajaṃ jātamudbhijjaṃ ca jarāyujam

Translation

چاند اور ستاروں کے جھرمٹ کے ساتھ، سیاروں کے گروہ اور ندیاں نالے بھی—انڈوں سے پیدا ہونے والے، پسینے سے جنم لینے والے، کونپلوں سے اگنے والے (نباتات)، اور رحم سے پیدا ہونے والے جاندار وجود میں آئے۔

Word by Word

• चन्द्रनक्षत्रसहिता: accompanied by the moon and stars
• चन्द्रनक्षत्रसहिता: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चन्द्र + नक्षत्र + सहित (कृदन्त; √सह ‘to accompany’ → सहित)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन — ‘accompanied by moon and stars’ (qualifies following plural feminine subject)

• ग्रहग्रामनदीनदाः: planets, star-hosts, rivers and streams
• ग्रहग्रामनदीनदाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्रह + ग्राम + नदी + नद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन — copulative: ‘(the) planets, multitudes (of stars), rivers and streams’

• अण्डजम्: egg-born (creatures)
• अण्डजम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अण्ड + ज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — ‘egg-born’ (as a class)

• स्वेदजम्: sweat-born
• स्वेदजम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वेद + ज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — ‘sweat/moisture-born’

• जातम्: born (creatures)
• जातम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √जन् (धातु) → जात (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — क्त; ‘born’ (general class; coordinates with following)

• उद्भिज्जम्: sprout-born; plant-born
• उद्भिज्जम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उद् + √भिद् (धातु) → उद्भिज्ज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — ‘sprout-born; arising from the earth/plants’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय) — ‘and’

• जरायुजम्: womb-born
• जरायुजम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जरायु + ज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — ‘womb-born/placenta-born’

Speaker

Narrator (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cosmic panorama: moon and constellations wheel above; planets arrayed like a host; below, rivers branch across the earth; diverse life-forms appear—birds from eggs, insects from moisture, plants sprouting, mammals born from wombs.

Characters & Entities

• Candra
• Nakṣatras
• Grahas
• Nadī/Nada

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

All life-forms and cosmic orders arise within a sacred creation—inviting reverence, restraint, and dharmic living.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single location; it universalizes the Reva Khanda narrative into a complete creation panorama.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.