Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 64
Devanagari script
ततो बभूव जात्यंधा प्रशांतांगारमेचका । तत्पिता कोपि चांडालो देशे कुत्रचिदास्थितः
Transliteration
tato babhūva jātyaṃdhā praśāṃtāṃgāramecakā | tatpitā kopi cāṃḍālo deśe kutracidāsthitaḥ
Translation
പിന്നീട് അവൾ ജന്മാന്ധയായി പിറന്നു, അണഞ്ഞ കനലുപോലെ കറുത്ത നിറത്തോടെ. അവളുടെ പിതാവ് എവിടെയോ ഒരു ദേശത്ത് താമസിച്ചിരുന്ന ഒരു ചാണ്ഡാലൻ ആയിരുന്നു.
Word by Word
ततःthen
ततः:
Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (adverb: then/from there)
बभूवbecame/was born
बभूव:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
Formलिट् (परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद
जात्यन्धाblind from birth
जात्यन्धा:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootजाति + अन्धा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (जात्या अन्धा = by birth blind); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
प्रशान्ताङ्गारमेचकाdark like cooled charcoal
प्रशान्ताङ्गारमेचका:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रशान्त + अङ्गार + मेचक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formकर्मधारय-समास (प्रशान्तः अङ्गारः इव मेचकः/मेचका); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; describing complexion
तत्पिताher father
तत्पिता:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् + पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (तस्याः पिता/तस्य पिता); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
कःsomeone, a certain (person)
कः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootकिम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
अपिindeed/also
अपि:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (particle: also/indeed)
चाण्डालःa caṇḍāla
चाण्डालः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootचाण्डाल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
देशेin a region
देशे:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootदेश (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन
कुत्रचित्somewhere
कुत्रचित्:
Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकुत्रचित् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (indefinite adverb: somewhere)
आस्थितःwas staying, resided
आस्थितः:
Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया-सम्बन्ध)
TypeAdjective
Rootआ + स्था (धातु) → आस्थित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; predicative with ‘तत्पिता’
Speaker
Narrator (context not specified in snippet; Purāṇic narrative voice)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A newborn child, blind from birth, dark like cooled charcoal, lies in a humble hut; the Caṇḍāla father stands nearby in a sparse landscape, conveying hardship and the weight of fate.
Characters & Entities
C
CaṇḍālaFAQs
Embodied conditions are portrayed as karmic fruition; the Purāṇic narrative urges restraint, truthfulness, and compassion.
No tīrtha is mentioned.
None.