Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 51
Devanagari script
स एव मे सखा किन्नु जात एव वरांगना । पृच्छाम्येनमतः सर्वमिति संचिन्त्य सोऽब्रवीत्
Transliteration
sa eva me sakhā kinnu jāta eva varāṃganā | pṛcchāmyenamataḥ sarvamiti saṃcintya so'bravīt
Translation
“এ কি আমার সেই একই সখা, যে এখন অপূর্বা রমণীরূপে জন্মেছে?” এমন ভাবনা করে সে স্থির করল—“আমি সবই জিজ্ঞাসা করব,” তারপর সে কথা বলল।
Word by Word
सःhe
सः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)
एवindeed/only
एव:
Sambandha/Emphasis (सम्बन्ध/निपातार्थ)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle), अव्यय
मेmy/of me
मे:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formउभयलिङ्ग (pronoun), षष्ठी (6th case) एकवचन; सर्वनाम
सखाfriend
सखा:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसखि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन
किम्why/what
किम्:
Prashna (Interrogative/प्रश्न)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकिम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formप्रश्नार्थक-अव्यय (interrogative particle)
नुindeed?/pray
नु:
Prashna (Interrogative/प्रश्न)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनु (अव्यय)
Formप्रश्न/अनुनयार्थक-निपात (particle)
जातःborn/become
जातः:
Karta-predicate (कर्तृ-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootजन् (धातु) + जात (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formभूतकृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण
एवindeed
एव:
Emphasis (निपातार्थ)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle), अव्यय
वराङ्गनाa beautiful woman
वराङ्गना:
Karta-predicate/Complement (कर्तृ-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootवर + अङ्गना (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; समासः कर्मधारयः (वराः अङ्गना)
पृच्छामिI ask
पृच्छामि:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootप्रच्छ् (धातु)
Formलट् (present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद
एनम्him/this one
एनम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
अतःtherefore/from this
अतः:
Hetu/Reason (हेतु)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअतः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, हेत्वर्थ/तस्मात्-अर्थ (therefore/from this)
सर्वम्everything
सर्वम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; सर्वनामसदृश-विशेषण/संज्ञा
इतिthus
इति:
Vakyartha-marker (इति-प्रयोग)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (अव्यय)
Formउद्धरण/वाक्यसमाप्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)
संचिन्त्यhaving reflected
संचिन्त्य:
Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसम् + चिन्त् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव
सःhe
सः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम
अब्रवीत्said/spoke
अब्रवीत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootब्रू (धातु)
Formलङ् (imperfect/past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद
Speaker
Brāhmaṇa youth (dvijātmajaḥ) — inferred
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A traveler recognizes a familiar companion yet sees the companion appearing as a radiant woman; he pauses, thinking deeply, then prepares to question her.
Characters & Entities
S
sakhā (friend)FAQs
When confronted with the extraordinary, one should seek clarification through respectful inquiry rather than impulsive reaction.
No site is identified in this verse.
None.