Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 9
Devanagari script
चण्डालो द्विजरूपोत्र चंद्रप्रभ इति स्मृतः
Transliteration
caṇḍālo dvijarūpotra caṃdraprabha iti smṛtaḥ
Translation
এখানে এক চণ্ডাল, যদিও ব্রাহ্মণরূপ ধারণ করেছে, ‘চন্দ্রপ্রভ’ নামে পরিচিত।
Word by Word
चण्डालःa Caṇḍāla (outcaste)
चण्डालः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootचण्डाल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम् (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)
द्विजरूपःin the guise of a Brahmin
द्विजरूपः:
Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootद्विज-रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम्; तत्पुरुषः/कर्मधारयप्रायः: 'द्विजस्य रूपम् यस्य' (having the form of a twice-born)
उत्रhere (reading likely: atra)
उत्र:
Adhikarana (Adverbial/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउत्र (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; देशवाचक (locative adverb) = अत्र (here) इति पाठभेदसम्भवः
चंद्रप्रभःCandra-prabha (Moon-radiant; proper name)
चंद्रप्रभः:
Pratipadya (Apposition/समानााधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootचन्द्र-प्रभ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम्; कर्मधारयः: 'चन्द्र इव प्रभा यस्य/चन्द्रप्रभ'
इतिthus/as
इति:
Sambandha (Quotative marker/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; उद्धरण/इत्यर्थक (quotative)
स्मृतःwas known/called
स्मृतः:
Kriya (Predicate participle/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√स्मृ (धातु)
Formभूतकृदन्तः (PPP) पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम्; 'कथितः/ज्ञातः'
Speaker
Narrator (within the Purāṇic frame)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A single figure stands revealed: outwardly a brāhmaṇa with staff and sacred thread, yet marked by subtle signs of outcaste identity; onlookers recoil as the name ‘Candraprabha’ is spoken.
Characters & Entities
C
CandraprabhaC
caṇḍālaD
dvijaFAQs
External appearance can conceal inner conduct; dharma values truth and character over mere outward signs.
No tīrtha is named in this particular identification verse.
None; the verse functions as a disclosure of identity central to the moral and ritual dilemma.