Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 43

Devanagari script

अथ साऽपि दधे गर्भं मानुषं वै प्रभावतः । अमोघरेतसो मासे सुषुवे दशमे ततः

Transliteration

atha sā'pi dadhe garbhaṃ mānuṣaṃ vai prabhāvataḥ | amogharetaso māse suṣuve daśame tataḥ

Translation

Rồi chính nó, nhờ uy lực ấy, cũng thụ thai một bào thai người; và sau đó, đến tháng thứ mười, nó sinh nở—vì tinh chủng ấy có năng lực không hề sai chạy.

Word by Word

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम/आरम्भसूचक (sequence/then)

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि-अर्थ (also/even)

• दधे: conceived/placed (in womb)
• दधे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• गर्भम्: embryo, pregnancy
• गर्भम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्भ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन

• मानुषम्: human
• मानुषम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मानुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन; विशेषण (गर्भम्)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थक/खलु-अर्थ (indeed)

• प्रभावतः: due to (his/its) power
• प्रभावतः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative); एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे (cause)

• अमोघरेतसः: of (him) whose seed is unfailing
• अमोघरेतसः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमोघ + रेतस् (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative); पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive); एकवचन

• मासे: in the month
• मासे: Adhikarana (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative); एकवचन; कालाधिकरणे (time-locative)

• सुषुवे: gave birth
• सुषुवे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सू (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• दशमे: tenth
• दशमे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दशम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative); एकवचन; विशेषण (मासे)

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Sambandha (Temporal/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय/तद्-तसिल्)
• Form: अव्यय; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त; अपादान/अनन्तरार्थ (thereafter/from then)

Speaker

Narrator (Brāhmaṇa Vatsa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Devarātāśrama-jala (as indicated)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene sacred pool near a forest hermitage; an unseen potency descends like light into the waters, signifying conception and the certainty of fruition over ten months.

Characters & Entities

• Amogha-retas (unfailing seed, epithet)
• Garbha (conception/birth motif)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇa portrays certain events as governed by prabhāva (extraordinary potency), showing how destiny and spiritual forces operate through the world.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues the waterside forest episode; the tīrtha’s explicit identification is not contained in this single śloka.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a narrative statement about conception and birth.