Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 105

Devanagari script

येन मे जन्मसंदेहा नाशिता लीलयैव च । तस्मात्सामान्यरूपस्त्वं निश्चितं न मतं मम

Transliteration

yena me janmasaṃdehā nāśitā līlayaiva ca | tasmātsāmānyarūpastvaṃ niścitaṃ na mataṃ mama

Translation

既然你轻而易举地消除了我对“出生”本身的疑惑，我便确信你绝非凡常之性——此乃我已定之见。

Word by Word

• येन: by which/whom
• येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्गे/पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; relative pronoun ‘by/with which/whom’

• मे: my/of me
• मे: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध) एकवचन; enclitic form

• जन्मसंदेहाः: doubts about (my) birth
• जन्मसंदेहाः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्म (प्रातिपदिक) + सन्देह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (जन्म-विषयक-सन्देहाः); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन

• नाशिताः: were destroyed
• नाशिताः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नाशय् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा बहुवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगे ‘destroyed’

• लीलया: by play/sport
• लीलया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लीला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चय/अवधारणार्थक (emphatic particle)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

• तस्मात्: therefore/from that
• तस्मात्: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन; ‘therefore/from that’

• सामान्यरूपः: of ordinary form
• सामान्यरूपः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सामान्य (प्रातिपदिक) + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सामान्यं रूपं यस्य); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन; विशेषण

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• निश्चितम्: certain/decided
• निश्चितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निश्चित (नि+चि धातु, कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; अव्ययीभावेन ‘certainly/decidedly’ (predicate adjective)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेधार्थक (negation)

• मतम्: opinion/view
• मतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत (मन् धातु, कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; ‘opinion/view’

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

Speaker

Nandabhadra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Unnamed interlocutor (speaker addressing the Boy)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A reverent interlocutor acknowledges the boy’s extraordinary nature after having doubts about birth dispelled; intimate teaching moment, seated dialogue, calm yet wondrous atmosphere.

Characters & Entities

• Nandabhadra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Removal of deep existential doubt is a mark of true spiritual insight; one should recognize authentic wisdom beyond appearances.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned in this verse; it is a narrative recognition of extraordinary guidance.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the emphasis is on knowledge that dissolves doubt rather than a ritual act.