Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 8
Devanagari script
मय उवाच । दानवानां पतिः श्रेष्ठो मयोऽहं नाम नामतः । भार्या तेजोवती नाम तस्यास्तु तनया शुभा
Transliteration
maya uvāca | dānavānāṃ patiḥ śreṣṭho mayo'haṃ nāma nāmataḥ | bhāryā tejovatī nāma tasyāstu tanayā śubhā
Translation
Maya sprach: „Ich heiße Maya, ein erhabener Herr unter den Dānavas. Meine Gemahlin heißt Tejovatī, und sie hat eine tugendhafte Tochter.“
Word by Word
मयःMaya
मयः:
Karta (Speaker/subject)
TypeNoun
Rootमय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriya (Action)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect/परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — परस्मैपद
दानवानाम्of the demons
दानवानाम्:
Sambandha (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootदानव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन — ‘of the Dānavas’
पतिःlord
पतिः:
Karta (Predicate nominal)
TypeNoun
Rootपति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
श्रेष्ठःbest
श्रेष्ठः:
Visheshana (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootश्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — विशेषण (पतिः)
मयःMaya
मयः:
Karta (Apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootमय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
अहम्I
अहम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formउत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन
नामby name
नाम:
Sambandha (Name marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनाम (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (नामनिर्देशक) — ‘by name’
नामतःin name
नामतः:
Sambandha (Adverbial qualifier)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनामतः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त) — ‘as to name/nominally’
भार्याwife
भार्या:
Karta (Predicate nominal)
TypeNoun
Rootभार्या (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
तेजोवतीTejovatī
तेजोवती:
Karta (Appositional name)
TypeNoun
Rootतेजस् + वत् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — ‘possessing splendour’ (तेजः + वती)
नामnamed
नाम:
Sambandha (Name marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनाम (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (नामनिर्देशक)
तस्याःof her
तस्याः:
Sambandha (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन — ‘of her’
तुand/but
तु:
Sambandha (Particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (निपात/समुच्चय-व्यतिरेक) — ‘and/but’
तनयाdaughter
तनया:
Karta (Predicate nominal)
TypeNoun
Rootतनया (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
शुभाauspicious
शुभा:
Visheshana (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootशुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — विशेषण (तनया)
Speaker
Maya
Tirtha Mahatmya
Type: kshetra
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: Rāvaṇa
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Maya speaks with composed authority, identifying himself as a foremost dānava lord; beside him, the presence of his wife Tejovatī is implied, and the narrative points toward their virtuous daughter.
Characters & Entities
M
MayaT
TejovatīFAQs
Purāṇas preserve lineages to show how personal relationships and family dharma become drivers of larger cosmic narratives.
None in this verse.
None.