Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 46
Devanagari script
बालको बक इत्येवं प्रतीतोऽतिप्रियः पितुः । चपलोऽतीव बालत्वे निसर्गादेव भद्रक
Transliteration
bālako baka ityevaṃ pratīto'tipriyaḥ pituḥ | capalo'tīva bālatve nisargādeva bhadraka
Translation
حين كنتُ طفلًا صغيرًا عُرفتُ باسم «باكا»، وكنتُ عزيزًا جدًّا على أبي؛ وفي الصبا كنتُ كثير الحركة والاضطراب بطبيعتي، يا أيها الصالح.
Word by Word
बालकःthe boy
बालकः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootबालक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
बकःBaka (name); also ‘crane’
बकः:
Karta (Apposition/समानााधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootबक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
इतिthus
इति:
Sambandha (Quotation/इति)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (अव्यय)
Formउद्धरण-निपात
एवम्thus, in this way
एवम्:
Sambandha (Manner/प्रकार)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम् (अव्यय)
Formप्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of manner)
प्रतीतःknown, reputed
प्रतीतः:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्र + इ (धातु)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP) ‘known/recognized’
अतिप्रियःvery dear
अतिप्रियः:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअति + प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—अति (अव्यय) + प्रिय (अव्ययीभावः: ‘very dear’)
पितुःof (his) father
पितुः:
Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन
चपलःrestless
चपलः:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootचपल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
अतीवexceedingly
अतीव:
Sambandha (Intensity/अतिशय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअतीव (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अतिशयार्थक (intensifier adverb)
बालत्वेin childhood
बालत्वे:
Adhikarana (State/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootबालत्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन
निसर्गात्by nature, from natural disposition
निसर्गात्:
Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Ablative/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootनिसर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन
एवindeed
एव:
Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअवधारण-निपात
भद्रकO good one
भद्रक:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootभद्रक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन
Speaker
Nāḍījaṃgha (contextual continuation)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Ghṛtakaṃbala (contextual backdrop)
Type: kshetra
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: Vipra/king in the present scene
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Flashback continues: the boy called ‘Baka’ is dearly loved by his father, yet naturally very restless and fickle—setting a moral and narrative foreshadowing.
Characters & Entities
B
BakaFAQs
Unchecked restlessness and heedlessness, even in youth, can plant karmic causes that mature into later suffering.
No tīrtha is named in this verse.
None.