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Chapter 3.218 - Verse 30

Sanskrit Text

रुद्रस्य वह्नेः स्वाहायाः षण्णां स्त्रीणां तेजसा जातः स्कन्दः सुरश्रेष्ठो रुद्रसूनुस्ततोऽभवत्

English Translation

O descendant of Bharata, as Rudra, that fire god, (Skanda) Svaha and the six wives (of the seven Rishis) were the cause of the birth of the great deity Skanda, so was he for that reason called the son of Rudra.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

रुद्रस्य | वह्नेः | स्वाहायाः | षण्णां | स्त्रीणां | च | तेजसा
तत्र | जातस् | ततः | स्कन्दो | रुद्र + सूनु | ततो | ऽभवत्