Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 34
Devanagari script
एकात्मजा बंधुहीना याञ्चामार्गवशंगता । उमानाम द्विजसतीददर्श नृपनंदनम्
Transliteration
ekātmajā baṃdhuhīnā yāñcāmārgavaśaṃgatā | umānāma dvijasatīdadarśa nṛpanaṃdanam
Translation
Having only one child and bereft of relatives, driven onto the path of begging, the chaste brāhmaṇa woman named Umā saw the king’s son.
Word by Word
एकात्मजाhaving a single child
एकात्मजा:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootएक (प्रातिपदिक) + आत्मज (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः = 'having only one child'
बन्धुहीनाwithout kin
बन्धुहीना:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootबन्धु (प्रातिपदिक) + हीन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः = 'devoid of relatives'
याञ्चामार्गवशंगताforced into begging
याञ्चामार्गवशंगता:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootयाञ्चा (प्रातिपदिक) + मार्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + वश (प्रातिपदिक) + गत (√गम्, धातु; क्त)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समासः—याञ्चा-मार्ग (तत्पुरुष) + वशं-गत (तत्पुरुष) = 'driven into the path of begging'
उमाUmā
उमा:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootउमा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; नाम
नामnamed
नाम:
Sambandha (Apposition/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनाम (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; नामनिर्देशार्थक (quotative/namely)
द्विजसतीa chaste brahmin woman
द्विजसती:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootद्विज (प्रातिपदिक) + सती (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः = 'virtuous woman of a brahmin'
ददर्शsaw
ददर्श:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√दृश् (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
नृपनन्दनम्the prince
नृपनन्दनम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootनृप (प्रातिपदिक) + नन्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः = 'king's son'
Speaker
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration; specific speaker not explicit in the given snippet)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Umā, a chaste brāhmaṇa woman with her small child, pauses on the begging path as she notices the king’s son; her face shifts from fatigue to startled compassion.
Characters & Entities
U
Umā (dvija-satī)N
nṛpa-nandana (prince)FAQs
Dharma can act through unexpected agents; even one who suffers may become the channel of protection for another.
No tīrtha is named in this verse.
None.