Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 43

Devanagari script

कण्डूश्चैव सुनेत्रा च कश्यपाय ददौ तदा । अदित्यां द्वादशादित्याः संजाता हि शुभाननाः

Transliteration

kaṇḍūścaiva sunetrā ca kaśyapāya dadau tadā | adityāṃ dvādaśādityāḥ saṃjātā hi śubhānanāḥ

Translation

তখন কণ্ডূ ও সুনেত্রাও কশ্যপকে প্রদান করা হল। অদিতির গর্ভে দ্বাদশ আদিত্য জন্মালেন—তেজোময় ও শুভমুখ।

Word by Word

• कण्डूः: Kaṇḍū
• कण्डूः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कण्डू (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (and)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (indeed/just)

• सुनेत्रा: Sunetrā
• सुनेत्रा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु + नेत्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'सु-नेत्रा' = good-eyed (name)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (and)

• कश्यपाय: to Kaśyapa
• कश्यपाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कश्यप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• ददौ: gave
• ददौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण-काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (then)

• अदित्याम्: in Aditi; from Aditi
• अदित्याम्: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अदिति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; 'in/through Aditi' (mother)

• द्वादश: twelve
• द्वादश: Karta (Numeral qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वादश (संख्याशब्द/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्याविशेषणम्; प्रथमा बहुवचनार्थे (agreeing with आदित्याः)

• आदित्याः: Ādityas
• आदित्याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• संजाताः: born; arisen
• संजाताः: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + जन् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; आदित्याः इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषणम्

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (indeed/for)

• शुभाननाः: having auspicious faces
• शुभाननाः: Karta (Adjectival to subject/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ + आनन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; आदित्याः इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषणम्

Speaker

Narrator (contextual, likely Īśvara continuing a genealogical account)

Characters & Entities

• Kaśyapa
• Aditi
• Twelve Ādityas
• Kaṇḍū
• Sunetrā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine order is portrayed as arising from sacred unions and ordained lineages; the Ādityas symbolize sustaining cosmic dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The immediate focus is genealogical; the glorification remains tied to Dharmāraṇya as the chapter’s sacred frame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None is stated in this verse.