Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

अपि कीटपतंगा ये पशवः पक्षिणो मृगाः । स्वेदजाश्चाण्डजाश्चापि ह्युद्भिज्जाश्च जरायुजाः

Transliteration

api kīṭapataṃgā ye paśavaḥ pakṣiṇo mṛgāḥ | svedajāścāṇḍajāścāpi hyudbhijjāśca jarāyujāḥ

Translation

即便是昆虫与飞蛾、家畜、飞鸟与野兽——由汗而生者、由卵而生者、由地而生者、由胎而生者——皆摄入此神圣境域之中。

Word by Word

• अपि: even, also
• अपि: Modifier (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपेक्षार्थक-निपात (also/even)

• कीटपतङ्गाः: insects and flying bugs
• कीटपतङ्गाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कीट + पतङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; समाहार-द्वन्द्व (insects and moths/flies)

• ये: which/that
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक

• पशवः: animals
• पशवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पशु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• पक्षिणः: birds
• पक्षिणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पक्षिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• मृगाः: beasts, deer
• मृगाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• स्वेदजाः: sweat-born beings
• स्वेदजाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वेद + ज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; स्वेदात् जायन्ते इति

• च: and
• च: Connector (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• अण्डजाः: egg-born beings
• अण्डजाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अण्ड + ज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; अण्डात् जायन्ते इति

• च: and
• च: Connector (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

• अपि: also
• अपि: Modifier (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपेक्षार्थक-निपात

• हि: indeed
• हि: Modifier (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; हेत्वर्थक/निश्चयार्थक-निपात (indeed/for)

• उद्भिज्जाः: sprout-born beings (plants)
• उद्भिज्जाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उद् + भिद् (धातु) → उद्भिज्ज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; उद्भिद्य जायन्ते इति (sprouting)

• च: and
• च: Connector (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

• जरायुजाः: womb-born beings
• जरायुजाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जरायु + ज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; जरायोः जायन्ते इति

Speaker

Pulastya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda-kṣetra / Arbudācala tīrtha-sphere

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahārāja (king) addressed in the chapter’s dialogue frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A panoramic sacred landscape of Arbuda: forested slopes, springs and small shrines, with a procession of beings—moths around lamps, birds in flight, deer and cattle at water, tiny insects on leaves—suggesting all yonis gathered within one sanctified aura.

Characters & Entities

• Arbuda (implied)
• All classes of beings (yoni-bheda)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places are depicted as universally beneficent, encompassing all forms of life within their sanctifying field.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Arbuda sacred region (context of Arbuda Māhātmya) is implied as embracing all beings.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is descriptive, emphasizing inclusivity of life-forms within the holy landscape.