Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 70

Devanagari script

सांबस्य जठराज्जातं मुसलं मुनिशापतः । युवनाश्वस्य गर्भोऽभून्मुनीनां मंत्रगौरवात्

Transliteration

sāṃbasya jaṭharājjātaṃ musalaṃ muniśāpataḥ | yuvanāśvasya garbho'bhūnmunīnāṃ maṃtragauravāt

Translation

مونیوں کے شاپ سے سامب کے پیٹ سے ایک مُوسل پیدا ہوا؛ اور مونیوں کے منتر کی گہری قوت سے یووناشو حاملہ ہو گیا۔

Word by Word

• सांबस्य: of Sāmba
• सांबस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सांब (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• जठरात्: from the belly
• जठरात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जठर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन

• जातम्: born
• जातम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जात (प्रातिपदिक; जन् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त))
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP)

• मुसलम्: a pestle/club
• मुसलम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुसल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन

• मुनि-शापतः: due to the sages' curse
• मुनि-शापतः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक) + शाप (प्रातिपदिक) + तस् (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb: 'from/because of'); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (muni-śāpa)

• युवनाश्वस्य: of Yuvanāśva
• युवनाश्वस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युवनाश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• गर्भः: pregnancy/embryo
• गर्भः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्भ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• अभूत्: came to be
• अभूत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लुङ्-लकार (Aorist/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• मुनीनाम्: of the sages
• मुनीनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन

• मन्त्र-गौरवात्: because of the power/weight of the mantra
• मन्त्र-गौरवात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक) + गौरव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (मन्त्रस्य गौरवम्)

Speaker

Unknown (narrative voice within Brahmottarakhaṇḍa; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa-style narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa (implied)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Split tableau: on one side Sāmba with a swollen belly as sages pronounce a curse, a heavy iron club emerging; on the other side King Yuvanāśva astonished as he becomes pregnant after drinking mantra-charged sacrificial water, with priests and fire altar present.

Characters & Entities

• Sāmba
• Muni
• Yuvanāśva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Mantra and ṛṣi authority are portrayed as real forces in dharma-literature, capable of producing extraordinary results.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is specified in this verse; it uses famed examples to validate a miraculous event in the surrounding narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is prescribed; the verse highlights mantra-gौरव (mantric efficacy) as a causal principle.