Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 6
Devanagari script
तथान्यौ कुण्डगोलौ च पुत्रावपि प्रकीर्तितौ
Transliteration
tathānyau kuṇḍagolau ca putrāvapi prakīrtitau
Translation
De même, deux autres—kuṇḍa et gola—sont aussi proclamés comme (des sortes de) fils.
Word by Word
तथाthus; likewise
तथा:
Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; प्रकार/समुच्चयार्थे (indeclinable; adverb/conjunctive sense: 'thus/also')
अन्यौtwo others
अन्यौ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootअन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन; विशेषण (masculine nominative dual; adjective)
कुण्डगोलौKuṇḍagola (two persons named Kuṇḍa and Gola / dual name)
कुण्डगोलौ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootकुण्डगोल (प्रातिपदिक; नाम)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन; व्यक्तिनाम (masculine nominative dual; proper name)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (indeclinable; conjunction 'and')
पुत्रौtwo sons
पुत्रौ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन (masculine nominative dual)
अपिalso
अपि:
Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अप्यर्थे/समुच्चयार्थे (indeclinable; 'also/even')
प्रकीर्तितौwere proclaimed/mentioned
प्रकीर्तितौ:
Karma (Predicate complement in passive/कर्मणि विधेय)
TypeVerb
Rootप्र+कीर्त् (धातु) → प्रकीर्तित (कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे विधेय (PPP; masculine nominative dual; predicate in passive sense)
Speaker
Bhartṛyajña
Tirtha Mahatmya
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: The teacher adds two final items to the list; the listeners lean in, indicating these are rarer terms; a manuscript margin shows the words ‘kuṇḍa’ and ‘gola’.
FAQs
Even complex social situations were addressed by dharma categories to safeguard the continuity of ancestral obligations.
No tīrtha is named in this verse; it remains part of the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya’s śrāddha teaching section.
It extends the list of recognized ‘son’ categories that can bear ritual responsibilities such as śrāddha.