Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 86
Devanagari script
कदाचिद्राजपुत्रेण विनासौ द्विजनंदनः । स्नातुं गतो नदीतीरे चचार बहुलीलया
Transliteration
kadācidrājaputreṇa vināsau dvijanaṃdanaḥ | snātuṃ gato nadītīre cacāra bahulīlayā
Translation
Un jour, ce garçon brāhmana, sans le prince, alla se baigner au bord de la rivière et s’y promena avec une grande insouciance.
Word by Word
कदाचित्once/sometime
कदाचित्:
Desha-kala-adhikarana (Temporal adjunct/कालाधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकदाचित् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; कालवाचक (at some time)
राजपुत्रेणwith the prince
राजपुत्रेण:
Saha (Accompaniment/सह)
TypeNoun
Rootराज + पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (राज्ञः पुत्रः)
विनाwithout
विना:
Sambandha (Exclusion marker/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootविना (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; वियोगार्थक उपपद (without)
असौthat (person)
असौ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअसद्/अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (दूरवाचक)
द्विजनन्दनःthe Brahmin’s son
द्विजनन्दनः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootद्विज + नन्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (द्विजस्य नन्दनः)
स्नातुम्to bathe
स्नातुम्:
Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
TypeVerb
Root√स्ना (धातु)
Formतुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive); प्रयोजन (purpose)
गतःwent
गतः:
Kriya (Predicate participle/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√गम् (धातु) → गत (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त/PPP); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगे ‘gone’
नदीतीरेon the riverbank
नदीतीरे:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootनदी + तीर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (नद्याः तीरम्)
चचारwandered/moved about
चचार:
Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√चर् (धातु)
Formलिट् (परोक्शभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
बहुलीलयाwith much playfulness
बहुलीलया:
Karana (Manner/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootबहु + लीला (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (बहुला लीला)
Speaker
Narrator (Purāṇic narration)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Type: ghat
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A young brāhmaṇa boy alone at a riverbank, playful and carefree, moving along the shore with water shimmering; the scene foreshadows discovery.
Characters & Entities
B
brāhmaṇa boy (Śucivrata implied)P
prince (Dharmagupta implied)R
riverbankFAQs
Purāṇic narratives often show how ordinary acts like river-bathing become gateways to providential events.
A riverbank is mentioned but not named; the tīrtha identity is not specified in this verse.
Snāna (bathing) at the riverbank is described, though not framed here as a formal vow.