Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 33
Devanagari script
तौ च विप्रसुतौ दृष्ट्वा प्राप्तौ कृतकदंपती । ज्ञात्वा किंचिद्विहस्याथ मेने गौरीमहेश्वरौ
Transliteration
tau ca viprasutau dṛṣṭvā prāptau kṛtakadaṃpatī | jñātvā kiṃcidvihasyātha mene gaurīmaheśvarau
Translation
সেই দুজন ব্ৰাহ্মণপুত্ৰ কৃত্ৰিমভাৱে সাজি ‘দম্পতি’ ৰূপে উপস্থিত হোৱা দেখি, গৌৰী আৰু মহেশ্বৰে বিষয়টো বুজি পালে আৰু তাৰপিছত অলপ হাঁহিলে।
Word by Word
तौthose two
तौ:
Karta (Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन; सर्वनाम
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-निपात (conjunction)
विप्रसुतौthe two sons of a Brahmin
विप्रसुतौ:
Apposition (Subject complement)
TypeNoun
Rootविप्र + सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘विप्रस्य सुतौ’
दृष्ट्वाhaving seen
दृष्ट्वा:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootदृश् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund)
प्राप्तौarrived
प्राप्तौ:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of तौ)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्र-आप् (धातु)
Formक्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन; ‘arrived’
कृतकदंपतीmade into a couple
कृतकदंपती:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of तौ)
TypeAdjective
Rootकृत + दम्पती (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन; ‘कृत-दम्पती’ = made into a couple (as if husband and wife); तत्पुरुषः
ज्ञात्वाhaving understood
ज्ञात्वा:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootज्ञा (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund)
किंचित्a little
किंचित्:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकिम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्ययप्रयोगः (indefinite particle/adverb)
विहस्यhaving laughed
विहस्य:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवि-हस् (धातु)
Formल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त (absolutive/gerund) ‘विहस्य’ = having laughed
अथthen
अथ:
Sambandha (Discourse connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ (अव्यय)
Formअनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय (then)
मेनेthought / considered
मेने:
Kriyā (Main verb)
TypeVerb
Rootमन् (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद
गौरीमहेश्वरौGaurī and Maheśvara
गौरीमहेश्वरौ:
Karta (Subject; appositive to तौ)
TypeNoun
Rootगौरी + महेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (गौरी च महेश्वरश्च)
Speaker
Narrator
Characters & Entities
G
GaurīM
Maheśvara (Śiva)V
viprasutau (two brāhmaṇa sons)FAQs
The Divine perceives truth beyond appearances; human contrivance cannot conceal reality from Śiva and Devī.
No tīrtha is named in this verse; it centers on the presence of Gaurī and Maheśvara in the narrative.
None; it is a narrative recognition moment.