Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 78

Devanagari script

शकश्रृंगस्य वै राज्ञः सिंहलेष्वभवत्सुता । मुखं बर्करिकातुल्यं व्यक्तं तस्या व्यजायत

Transliteration

śakaśrṛṃgasya vai rājñaḥ siṃhaleṣvabhavatsutā | mukhaṃ barkarikātulyaṃ vyaktaṃ tasyā vyajāyata

Translation

سِمْہَل میں بادشاہ شَکَشْرِنگ کے ہاں ایک بیٹی پیدا ہوئی؛ اور اس کا چہرہ صاف طور پر برکری (یعنی بکری) کے مانند ظاہر ہوا۔

Word by Word

• śakaśrṛṃgasya: of Śakaśṛṅga
• śakaśrṛṃgasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śakaśrṛṃga (प्रातिपदिक) = śaka + śrṛṃga
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (singular); समासः कर्मधारयः (śakaḥ śrṛṃgaḥ)

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण/खल्वर्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• rājñaḥ: of the king
• rājñaḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (singular)

• siṃhaleṣu: in Siṃhala (lands/islands)
• siṃhaleṣu: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: siṃhala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन (plural)

• abhavat: was born/became
• abhavat: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपदम्; धातुः भू (to be/become)

• sutā: a daughter
• sutā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sutā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (singular)

• mukham: (her) face
• mukham: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (singular)

• barkarikātulyam: similar to Barkarikā
• barkarikātulyam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: barkarikātulya (प्रातिपदिक) = barkarikā + tulya
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (singular); विशेषणम्; समासः तत्पुरुषः (barkarikāyāḥ tulyam)

• vyaktam: clearly manifest
• vyaktam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vyakta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (singular); विशेषणम्

• tasyāḥ: of her
• tasyāḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (singular); सर्वनाम

• vyajāyata: was born/appeared
• vyajāyata: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular), आत्मनेपदम्; धातुः जन् (to be born); उपसर्गः वि- (intensifying/particularizing)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Naimiṣāraṇya sages (frame implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: In an island palace of Siṃhala, King Śakaśṛṅga beholds his newborn daughter; she is otherwise divine and beautiful, yet her face bears a clear resemblance to a she-goat—an omen-like marvel that stuns the court.

Characters & Entities

• Śakaśṛṅga
• Siṃhala

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Karmic impressions can persist across births, even when a tīrtha grants transformation and renewed life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Implicitly the Mahī–Sāgara-saṅgama whose power caused the transformation leading to this rebirth narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.