Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 50

Devanagari script

सप्तमे च तथा मासि प्रबोधश्चास्य जायते । मातुराहारपीतं च सप्तमे मास्युपाश्नुते

Transliteration

saptame ca tathā māsi prabodhaścāsya jāyate | māturāhārapītaṃ ca saptame māsyupāśnute

Translation

Trong tháng thứ bảy, sự tỉnh thức nơi thai nhi được đánh thức. Cũng trong tháng ấy, nó cùng thọ hưởng những gì người mẹ ăn và uống.

Word by Word

• सप्तमे: in the seventh (month)
• सप्तमे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषण

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction/and)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb/likewise)

• मासि: in the month
• मासि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• प्रबोधः: awakening/consciousness
• प्रबोधः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रबोध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction/and)

• अस्य: of him/of it (of the fetus)
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• जायते: arises/is born
• जायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• मातुः: of the mother
• मातुः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• आहार-पीतम्: the mother’s consumed food/drink
• आहार-पीतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आहार (प्रातिपदिक) + पीत (√पा धातु, क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-समास (आहारः पीतः/आहारं पीतम्)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction/and)

• सप्तमे: in the seventh (month)
• सप्तमे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• मासि: in the month
• मासि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• उपाश्नुते: partakes/eats
• उपाश्नुते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-√अश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), by section-wide deduction (Māheśvara-khaṇḍa narration to sages)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A symbolic womb scene: the fetus shown with a faint aura of awakening (jñāna-spark) in the seventh month; a subtle stream of nourishment from the mother’s food and drink depicted as luminous essence.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Life in the womb is dependent and conditioned; it highlights the ethical weight of the mother’s conduct and nourishment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is praised; the verse concerns prenatal dependence and awakening.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is stated, though it implicitly underscores sāttvika āhāra and careful living.