Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 120

Devanagari script

देवौ तस्मादजायेतामश्विनौ भिषजांवरौ । स्वरूपमनुरूपं च द्युमणिस्तामदर्शयत

Transliteration

devau tasmādajāyetāmaśvinau bhiṣajāṃvarau | svarūpamanurūpaṃ ca dyumaṇistāmadarśayata

Translation

اسی سے دو الٰہی اشوِن پیدا ہوئے، طبیبوں میں سب سے برتر؛ اور دیومَنی نے انہیں ان کی فطرت کے مطابق موزوں صورت جلوہ گر کر کے دکھائی۔

Word by Word

• देवौ: the two gods
• देवौ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), द्विवचन (Dual)

• तस्मात्: from him/that
• तस्मात्: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular)

• अजायेताम्: were born
• अजायेताम्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), द्विवचन (Dual)

• अश्विनौ: the Aśvins
• अश्विनौ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्विन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), द्विवचन (Dual)

• भिषजाम्: of physicians
• भिषजाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भिषज् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• वरौ: excellent/best
• वरौ: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), द्विवचन (Dual); विशेषण (qualifying अश्विनौ)

• स्वरूपम्: (their) own form
• स्वरूपम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वरूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• अनुरूपम्: corresponding/appropriate
• अनुरूपम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनुरूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (qualifying स्वरूपम्)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• द्युमणिः: Dyumaṇi (a person)
• द्युमणिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्युमणि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• ताम्: that (form)
• ताम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• अदर्शयत्: showed
• अदर्शयत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular); णिच्-प्रयोग (causative sense: ‘caused to see/showed’)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (Traditionally) Skanda/other sages depending on chapter frame; here within Agastya’s narration stream

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Dyumaṇi, radiant like the sun, reveals a fitting divine form to the twin Aśvins newly born—two youthful physicians with lotus-garlands and healing vessels—set against a luminous, sacred backdrop suggestive of Kāśī’s spiritual radiance.

Characters & Entities

• Aśvinau (Aśvins)
• Dyumaṇi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine roles arise according to innate nature (svarūpa); even celestial gifts like healing are portrayed as dharmically ordained.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse occurs within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s Kāśī-māhātmya setting, where the wider narrative celebrates Kāśī as the supreme sacred field.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is prescribed in this verse; it is primarily genealogical and descriptive.