Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 64
Devanagari script
ततो बभूव जात्यंधा प्रशांतांगारमेचका । तत्पिता कोपि चांडालो देशे कुत्रचिदास्थितः
Transliteration
tato babhūva jātyaṃdhā praśāṃtāṃgāramecakā | tatpitā kopi cāṃḍālo deśe kutracidāsthitaḥ
Translation
তারপর সে জন্মান্ধ হয়ে জন্মাল, নিভে যাওয়া অঙ্গারের মতো কালো বর্ণের। তার পিতা ছিল কোনো এক চাণ্ডাল, যে কোথাও এক দেশে বাস করত।
Word by Word
ततःthen
ततः:
Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (adverb: then/from there)
बभूवbecame/was born
बभूव:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
Formलिट् (परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद
जात्यन्धाblind from birth
जात्यन्धा:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootजाति + अन्धा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (जात्या अन्धा = by birth blind); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
प्रशान्ताङ्गारमेचकाdark like cooled charcoal
प्रशान्ताङ्गारमेचका:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रशान्त + अङ्गार + मेचक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formकर्मधारय-समास (प्रशान्तः अङ्गारः इव मेचकः/मेचका); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; describing complexion
तत्पिताher father
तत्पिता:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् + पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (तस्याः पिता/तस्य पिता); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
कःsomeone, a certain (person)
कः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootकिम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
अपिindeed/also
अपि:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (particle: also/indeed)
चाण्डालःa caṇḍāla
चाण्डालः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootचाण्डाल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
देशेin a region
देशे:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootदेश (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन
कुत्रचित्somewhere
कुत्रचित्:
Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकुत्रचित् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (indefinite adverb: somewhere)
आस्थितःwas staying, resided
आस्थितः:
Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया-सम्बन्ध)
TypeAdjective
Rootआ + स्था (धातु) → आस्थित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; predicative with ‘तत्पिता’
Speaker
Narrator (context not specified in snippet; Purāṇic narrative voice)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A newborn child, blind from birth, dark like cooled charcoal, lies in a humble hut; the Caṇḍāla father stands nearby in a sparse landscape, conveying hardship and the weight of fate.
Characters & Entities
C
CaṇḍālaFAQs
Embodied conditions are portrayed as karmic fruition; the Purāṇic narrative urges restraint, truthfulness, and compassion.
No tīrtha is mentioned.
None.