Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 48
Devanagari script
ब्राह्मणं शीलसंपन्नं पितृत्वे परिकल्प्य तौ । परित्यज्य स्वकं रूपमजायेतां तदा त्मजौ
Transliteration
brāhmaṇaṃ śīlasaṃpannaṃ pitṛtve parikalpya tau | parityajya svakaṃ rūpamajāyetāṃ tadā tmajau
Translation
Einen sittlich vollendeten Brahmanen als Vater erwählend, gaben die beiden ihre eigene Gestalt auf und wurden daraufhin als seine Söhne geboren.
Word by Word
ब्राह्मणम्a Brahmin
ब्राह्मणम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; object of gerund ‘परिकल्प्य’
शील-संपन्नम्endowed with good conduct
शील-संपन्नम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootशील (प्रातिपदिक) + संपन्न (कृदन्त; √पद्/√पन्न ‘सम्+पद्’ क्त)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण of ‘ब्राह्मणम्’
पितृत्वेin fatherhood (as father)
पितृत्वे:
Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootपितृत्व (प्रातिपदिक; भाव/तद्धित)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; ‘in the role/state of fatherhood’
परिकल्प्यhaving appointed
परिकल्प्य:
Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरि+√कॢप् (धातु) ल्यप् (अव्ययीभाव-क्रियाविशेषण; gerund)
Formल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (क्त्वान्त-समकक्ष); ‘having appointed/arranged’
तौthose two
तौ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, द्विवचन; subject of ‘अजायेताम्’
परित्यज्यhaving abandoned
परित्यज्य:
Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरि+√त्यज् (धातु) ल्यप् (gerund)
Formल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय; ‘having abandoned’
स्वकम्their own
स्वकम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootस्वक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण of ‘रूपम्’
रूपम्form
रूपम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootरूप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; object of ‘परित्यज्य’
अजायेताम्were born
अजायेताम्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√जन् (धातु) आत्मनेपद; लङ्/लिट्? (context: past narrative)
Formलङ्-लकार (अनद्यतनभूत/Imperfect) आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, द्विवचन; ‘were born’
तदाthen
तदा:
Kriya-visheshaṇa (Temporal/काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतदा (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)
आत्मजौtwo sons
आत्मजौ:
Karta (Appositional subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootआत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + ज (कृदन्त; √जन् ‘born’)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, द्विवचन; apposition to ‘तौ’
Speaker
Narrator (Purāṇic voice)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Two luminous beings relinquish a celestial/previous form and enter a brāhmaṇa household as destined sons; the father is portrayed as serene, Veda-bearing, and radiant with śīla.
Characters & Entities
B
brāhmaṇa (virtuous father figure)FAQs
Association with virtue and dharmic lineage is portrayed as a means of moral reorientation and karmic repair.
No; the emphasis is on ethical transformation via rebirth and guidance.
None.