Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 37
Devanagari script
औरसः क्षेत्रजश्चैव दत्तः कृत्रिम एव च । गूढोत्पन्नोऽपविद्धश्च कानीनश्च सहोढजः
Transliteration
aurasaḥ kṣetrajaścaiva dattaḥ kṛtrima eva ca | gūḍhotpanno'paviddhaśca kānīnaśca sahoḍhajaḥ
Translation
পুত্রের ভেদ—ঔরস, ক্ষেত্রজ, দত্তক ও কৃত্রিম; এবং গূঢ়োৎপন্ন, অপবিদ্ধ, কাণীন ও সহোঢ়জ—এইরূপে বর্ণিত।
Word by Word
aurasaḥlegitimate (born of the body) son
aurasaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootaurasa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; पुत्र-विशेषः (a type of son)
kṣetrajaḥson begotten on a wife (field-born)
kṣetrajaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootkṣetraja (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन; पुत्र-विशेषः
caand
ca:
Sambandha (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
evaindeed/just
eva:
Sambandha (Emphasis)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
Formअवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)
dattaḥadopted/given (son)
dattaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdatta (कृदन्त; √dā-दा (धातु) + क्त)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुत्र-विशेषः
kṛtrimaḥartificial/appointed (son)
kṛtrimaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootkṛtrima (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन; पुत्र-विशेषः
evaindeed
eva:
Sambandha (Emphasis)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
Formअवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
gūḍhotpannaḥsecretly born (son)
gūḍhotpannaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootgūḍha (प्रातिपदिक) + utpanna (कृदन्त; √pad- (धातु) + उत्-उपसर्ग + क्त)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (गूढः उत्पन्नः)
apaviddhaḥabandoned/repudiated (son)
apaviddhaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootapaviddha (कृदन्त; apa-उपसर्ग + √vidh/√vid-? (धातु) + क्त; व्यवहारतः ‘त्यक्त’ अर्थे)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुत्र-विशेषः
caand
ca:
Sambandha (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
kānīnaḥson of an unmarried girl
kānīnaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootkānīna (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन; पुत्र-विशेषः
caand
ca:
Sambandha (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
sahoḍhajaḥson born of a pregnant bride (brought pregnant)
sahoḍhajaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsahoḍha (प्रातिपदिक) + ja (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (सहोढायाः जातः)
Speaker
Unspecified (Nāgarakhaṇḍa narrative voice)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A genealogical teaching: the sage enumerates eight son-types; behind, a symbolic ancestral altar (piṇḍa, darbha, water pot) indicates the ritual stakes of lineage.
FAQs
The verse continues a dharma-based taxonomy of family and inheritance concepts recognized in traditional law and custom.
No tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.
It enumerates categories of sonship used for dharmic/social classification.