Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 78

Devanagari script

समुदायेन भूतानां पञ्चानामुद्भिजं भुवि । जरायुजाश्च स्तन्येन विना जीवितुमक्षमाः

Transliteration

samudāyena bhūtānāṃ pañcānāmudbhijaṃ bhuvi | jarāyujāśca stanyena vinā jīvitumakṣamāḥ

Translation

پانچ قسم کے جانداروں کے مجموعے میں، زمین پر اُگاؤ سے پیدا ہونے والے پھلتے پھولتے ہیں؛ اور رحم سے پیدا ہونے والے دودھ کے بغیر زندہ رہنے کے قابل نہیں ہوتے۔

Word by Word

• समुदायेन: collectively, as a group
• समुदायेन: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समुदाय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; प्रकार/समष्टि-भाव

• भूतानाम्: of beings
• भूतानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• पञ्चानाम्: of five
• पञ्चानाम्: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्चन् (प्रातिपदिक/संख्या)
• Form: (सामान्यतः) षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; संख्यावाचक-विशेषण

• उद्भिजम्: the udbhijja class (plants)
• उद्भिजम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उद्भिज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘उद्भिज’ वर्ग-नाम

• भुवि: on earth
• भुवि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भू (प्रातिपदिक: भुव्/भू)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• जरायुजाः: womb-born beings (mammals)
• जरायुजाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जरायुज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

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

• स्तन्येन: by milk
• स्तन्येन: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• विना: without
• विना: Sambandha (Exclusion/वियोग)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विना (अव्यय)
• Form: उपसर्गसदृश-अव्यय; वियोग/अभावार्थ (without); सामान्यतः तृतीया/पञ्चमी-सहयोगी

• जीवितुम्: to live
• जीवितुम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जीव् (धातु) → जीवितुम् (तुमुन्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: तुमुनन्त (infinitive); क्रियार्थक-नाम

• अक्षमाः: unable, incapable
• अक्षमाः: Visheshana (Predicate adjective/विधेय-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अक्षम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; नञ्-समास/नकारार्थ विशेषण

Speaker

Unspecified (narrative voice within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A contemplative teaching scene in an āśrama near Prabhāsa: sages illustrate the fivefold classes of beings—sprout-born plants thriving on earth and womb-born creatures dependent on milk—set against coastal sacred geography.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Embodied life depends on nourishment and care; gratitude toward the mother and protectors is a dharmic foundation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The discourse occurs within Prabhāsa-kṣetra’s māhātmya, preparing for the local legend connected with Pippalāda.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the emphasis is on natural dependence and dharmic reflection.