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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 19

तस्य पुत्रद्वयं जज्ञे सर्वलक्षणलक्षितम् । प्रह्लादश्चांधकश्चैव वीर्येणाप्रतिमौ युधि

tasya putradvayaṃ jajñe sarvalakṣaṇalakṣitam | prahlādaścāṃdhakaścaiva vīryeṇāpratimau yudhi

De lui naquirent deux fils, marqués de tous les signes d’excellence : Prahlāda et Andhaka; tous deux, sans pareil en vaillance au combat.

तस्यof him
तस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी एकवचन; सर्वनाम
पुत्रद्वयम्two sons
पुत्रद्वयम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र + द्वय (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; ‘द्वौ पुत्रौ’ (a pair of sons)
जज्ञेwere born
जज्ञे:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√जन् (धातु)
Formलिट् (परोक्षभूत/परफेक्ट), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद
सर्वलक्षणलक्षितम्endowed with all marks
सर्वलक्षणलक्षितम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व + लक्षण + लक्षित (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण: ‘सर्वलक्षणैः लक्षितम्’ (marked by all auspicious signs)
प्रह्लादःPrahlāda
प्रह्लादः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootप्रह्लाद (प्रातिपदिक; नाम)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन
and
:
Sambandha (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक अव्यय
अंधकःAndhaka
अंधकः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअंधक (प्रातिपदिक; नाम)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन
and
:
Sambandha (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक अव्यय
एवindeed
एव:
Sambandha (Emphasis)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अवधारणार्थक (particle: indeed/just)
वीर्येणby valor
वीर्येण:
Karana (Instrument/means)
TypeNoun
Rootवीर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया एकवचन
अप्रतिमौunmatched (the two)
अप्रतिमौ:
Visheshana (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootअप्रतिम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा द्विवचन; विशेषण (for two persons)
युधिin battle
युधि:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootयुध् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी एकवचन (locative)

Narrator of the Tīrthamāhātmya

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

H
Hiraṇyakaśipu
P
Prahlāda
A
Andhaka

FAQs

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

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

None; the verse is genealogical and descriptive.