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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

षण्मासेनास्य बालस्य नूनं मृत्युर्भविष्यति । एतस्मात्कारणाद्धास्यं मयाऽकारि द्विजोत्तम । अनृतं नोक्तपूर्वं मे वैरिष्वपि कदाचन

Transliteration

ṣaṇmāsenāsya bālasya nūnaṃ mṛtyurbhaviṣyati | etasmātkāraṇāddhāsyaṃ mayā'kāri dvijottama | anṛtaṃ noktapūrvaṃ me vairiṣvapi kadācana

Translation

In sechs Monaten wird dieses Kind gewiss sterben. Aus diesem Grund, o Bester unter den Brāhmaṇen, habe ich gelacht. Niemals zuvor habe ich Unwahrheit gesprochen—zu keiner Zeit, nicht einmal gegenüber Feinden.

Word by Word
षण्मासेनby/within six months
षण्मासेन:
Karana (Measure/Instrumental of time)
TypeNoun
Rootषण् + मास (प्रातिपदिक); समास
Formपुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया; एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (षण्मासः = six months)
अस्यof this
अस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंस; षष्ठी; एकवचन
बालस्यof the boy
बालस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootबाल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी; एकवचन
नूनम्certainly
नूनम्:
Avadhāraṇa (Certainty)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनूनम् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निश्चयार्थक क्रियाविशेषण (certainly)
मृत्युःdeath
मृत्युः:
Karta (Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootमृत्यु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन
भविष्यतिwill occur/be
भविष्यति:
Kriyā (Main verb)
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
Formलृट् (Simple Future); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन
एतस्मात्from this, because of this
एतस्मात्:
Hetu (Cause-source)
TypeNoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंस; पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative); एकवचन
कारणात्from the reason/cause
कारणात्:
Hetu (Cause)
TypeNoun
Rootकारण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी; एकवचन
हास्यम्laughter, laughing
हास्यम्:
Karma (Object in passive)
TypeNoun
Rootहास्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन (कर्मरूपे ‘हास्यम् अकारि’ = laughter was done)
मयाby me
मया:
Karana (Agent in passive)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formउत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; तृतीया; एकवचन
अकारिwas done
अकारि:
Kriyā (Main verb)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formलुङ् (Aorist); आत्मनेपद; प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगार्थ (was done)
द्विजोत्तमO best of Brahmins
द्विजोत्तम:
Sambodhana (Address)
TypeNoun
Rootद्विज + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक); समास
Formपुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन; एकवचन
अनृतम्untruth, a lie
अनृतम्:
Karma (Object)
TypeNoun
Rootअ + नृत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन
नnot
न:
Pratiṣedha (Negation)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)
उक्तपूर्वम्previously spoken
उक्तपूर्वम्:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of अनृतम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootवच् (धातु) → उक्त (कृदन्त-क्त) + पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक); समास
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-भाव (पूर्वम् उक्तम् = previously said)
मेby me / to me / my
मे:
Sambandha (Possessor)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी/चतुर्थी; एकवचन (enclitic)
वैरिषुamong enemies
वैरिषु:
Adhikarana (Context/among)
TypeNoun
Rootवैरि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी; बहुवचन
अपिeven
अपि:
Samuccaya (Addition)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चय/अप्यर्थ (even/also)
कदाचनever, at any time
कदाचन:
Kāla (Time adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकदाचन (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; कालवाचक (at any time/ever)
Speaker

Dvijottama (learned brāhmaṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A king (addressed as nṛpa) and/or assembled interlocutor in frame-story

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A grave-eyed sage explains that a child’s death is certain in six months; his earlier laughter is revealed as sorrowful foreknowledge, while he asserts unwavering truthfulness.

Characters & Entities
D
Dvijottama
T
The child
M
Mṛkaṇḍu (implied interlocutor)

FAQs

Satya (truthfulness) is upheld as a brāhmaṇic and dharmic absolute, even when the truth is painful.

No tīrtha is directly praised in this verse; the focus is the moral gravity of destiny and truthful speech within the āśrama narrative.

None explicitly; the verse emphasizes ethical discipline (never speaking untruth).

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