Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

तथान्या कैकयी नाम तस्य भार्या कनिष्ठिका । भरतो नाम विख्यातस्तस्याः पुत्रोऽभवत्त्वसौ

Transliteration

tathānyā kaikayī nāma tasya bhāryā kaniṣṭhikā | bharato nāma vikhyātastasyāḥ putro'bhavattvasau

Translation

ಅದೇ ರೀತಿಯಾಗಿ ಅವನ ಕನಿಷ್ಠ ರಾಣಿ ಕೈಕೇಯೀ ಎಂಬ ಹೆಸರಿನವಳು. ಅವಳಿಗೆ ಭರತನೆಂಬ ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧ ಪುತ್ರನು ಜನ್ಮಿಸಿದನು।

Word by Word

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• anyā: another
• anyā: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• kaikayī: Kaikeyī
• kaikayī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kaikayī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• nāma: by name
• nāma: Sambandha/Specifier (सम्बन्ध/विशेषक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāma (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; नामनिर्देशक-निपात

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• bhāryā: wife
• bhāryā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāryā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• kaniṣṭhikā: youngest
• kaniṣṭhikā: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kaniṣṭhikā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• bharataḥ: Bharata
• bharataḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bharata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• nāma: by name
• nāma: Sambandha/Specifier (सम्बन्ध/विशेषक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāma (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; नामनिर्देशक-निपात

• vikhyātaḥ: renowned
• vikhyātaḥ: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi-khyā (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय) → vikhyāta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त

• tasyāḥ: of her
• tasyāḥ: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• putraḥ: son
• putraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• abhavat: was/became
• abhavat: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• tu: indeed
• tu: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/विरोधार्थक-निपात (particle: ‘indeed/but’)

• asau: that one (he)
• asau: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adas (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

Speaker

Narrator of the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya (contextual purāṇic narrator)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kaikeyī in royal quarters; newborn Bharata attended by nurses; auspicious vessels and protective rites implied; palace calm rather than spectacle.

Characters & Entities

• Kaikeyī
• Bharata
• Daśaratha (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The narrative presents righteous lineage and celebrated offspring as outcomes aligned with dharma and sacred observance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The site remains implicit from the preceding tīrtha māhātmya of Adhyāya 98.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it identifies Kaikeyī and her son Bharata.