Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 54
Devanagari script
अविज्ञातकुलोद्यापि सुतवत्परिपोष्यते । कस्मिन्कुले प्रसूतोऽयं का माता जनकोस्य कः
Transliteration
avijñātakulodyāpi sutavatparipoṣyate | kasminkule prasūto'yaṃ kā mātā janakosya kaḥ
Translation
അവന്റെ കുലം ഇനിയും അറിയപ്പെടാത്തതായിരുന്നാലും, അവനെ പുത്രനെന്നപോലെ പരിപാലിക്കുന്നു. അവൻ ഏതു കുലത്തിൽ ജനിച്ചു? അവന്റെ മാതാവ് ആരാണ്, പിതാവ് ആരാണ്?
Word by Word
अविज्ञातकुलःof unknown family
अविज्ञातकुलः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootअविज्ञात-कुल (प्रातिपदिक; अविज्ञात = a-√ज्ञा(धातु) क्त, कुल = प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)
उद्यापिeven though
उद्यापि:
Sambandha (Discourse connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउद्यपि (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अव्यय-समुच्चय/विरोधार्थक (concessive particle)
सुतवत्like (one's) son
सुतवत्:
Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसुतवत् (प्रातिपदिक; -वत् प्रत्यय)
Formअव्यय; उपमानार्थक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of manner: 'like a son')
परिपोष्यतेis nourished/maintained
परिपोष्यते:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootपरि-√पुष् (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)
कस्मिन्in which
कस्मिन्:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootकिम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक सर्वनाम
कुलेfamily/lineage
कुले:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootकुल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन
प्रसूतःborn
प्रसूतः:
Karta (Subject complement)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्र-√सू (धातु) क्त (कृदन्त)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/भूतभावे (past participle: 'born')
अयम्this (boy/person)
अयम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; संकेतवाचक सर्वनाम
काwho? (female)
का:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootकिम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक सर्वनाम
माताmother
माता:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
जनकःfather
जनकः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootजनक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
अस्यof him
अस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन
कःwho?
कः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootकिम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक सर्वनाम
Speaker
Dvijāṃganā (the brāhmaṇa lady)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A brāhmaṇa woman (or noble lady) cradles and protects a boy of unknown lineage; she questions a serene sage seated in an āśrama, seeking the child’s parentage.
Characters & Entities
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dvijāṃganāFAQs
Care and responsibility can be offered even without certainty of origin; truth-seeking should be pursued respectfully.
None; the verse is genealogical inquiry within the narrative.
None.