Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

तस्य पुत्रद्वयं जज्ञे सर्वलक्षणलक्षितम् । प्रह्लादश्चांधकश्चैव वीर्येणाप्रतिमौ युधि

Transliteration

tasya putradvayaṃ jajñe sarvalakṣaṇalakṣitam | prahlādaścāṃdhakaścaiva vīryeṇāpratimau yudhi

Translation

Ihm wurden zwei Söhne geboren, mit allen Zeichen der Vorzüglichkeit gezeichnet: Prahlāda und Andhaka; beide im Kampf an Tapferkeit ohnegleichen.

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• पुत्रद्वयम्: two sons
• पुत्रद्वयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र + द्वय (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; ‘द्वौ पुत्रौ’ (a pair of sons)

• जज्ञे: were born
• जज्ञे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जन् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/परफेक्ट), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• सर्वलक्षणलक्षितम्: endowed with all marks
• सर्वलक्षणलक्षितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + लक्षण + लक्षित (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण: ‘सर्वलक्षणैः लक्षितम्’ (marked by all auspicious signs)

• प्रह्लादः: Prahlāda
• प्रह्लादः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रह्लाद (प्रातिपदिक; नाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

• अंधकः: Andhaka
• अंधकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अंधक (प्रातिपदिक; नाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

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

• वीर्येण: by valor
• वीर्येण: Karana (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया एकवचन

• अप्रतिमौ: unmatched (the two)
• अप्रतिमौ: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अप्रतिम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा द्विवचन; विशेषण (for two persons)

• युधि: in battle
• युधि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युध् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी एकवचन (locative)

Speaker

Narrator of the Tīrthamāhātmya

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A genealogical tableau: the two sons—Prahlāda serene and devotional; Andhaka martial and intense—standing as contrasting archetypes emerging from the same lineage.

Characters & Entities

• Hiraṇyakaśipu
• Prahlāda
• Andhaka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic teaching often uses lineage narratives to contrast dispositions—devotion and hostility can arise even within the same family line.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is named in this verse; it supplies narrative context within the chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is genealogical and descriptive.