Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 82
Devanagari script
ते च जातास्त्रिधा तात गोभूजाडालजा स्तथा । मांडलीयास्तथा चैते त्रिविधाश्च मनोरमाः
Transliteration
te ca jātāstridhā tāta gobhūjāḍālajā stathā | māṃḍalīyāstathā caite trividhāśca manoramāḥ
Translation
അവർ, പ്രിയമേ, മൂന്നു തരമായി ജനിച്ചു—ഗോഭൂജ, ആഡാലജ, കൂടാതെ മാണ്ഡലീയ; ഇങ്ങനെ ഈ മനോഹരർ ത്രിവിധരായി.
Word by Word
तेthey
ते:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम
चand
च:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चय
जाताःwere born, arose
जाताः:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootजन् (धातु) + क्त (क्त-प्रत्यय)
Formभूतकृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्तरि अर्थे (having been born/produced)
त्रिधाthreefold
त्रिधा:
Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootत्रिधा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (in three ways)
तातO dear (father/son)
तात:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootतात (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; स्नेहसम्बोधन
गोभूजाडालजाःthose born as cows, as earth(-born), and as jackals (classes)
गोभूजाडालजाः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootगो + भू + जाडाल + ज (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; द्वन्द्वः (गो-भू-जाडाल-जा इति त्रयः/चत्वारः भेदाः)
तथाalso, likewise
तथा:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चय/प्रकारवाचक
माण्डलीयाःthe Māṇḍalīya-s (a group/class)
माण्डलीयाः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमाण्डलीय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन
तथाalso
तथा:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चय/प्रकारवाचक
चand
च:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चय
एतेthese
एते:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम
त्रिविधाःof three kinds
त्रिविधाः:
Karta-anvaya (कर्तृ-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootत्रि + विध (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण ‘एते’ (of three kinds)
चand
च:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चय
मनोरमाःcharming, delightful
मनोरमाः:
Karta-anvaya (कर्तृ-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootमनोरम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण ‘एते’
Speaker
Narrator (specific speaker not explicit in the snippet)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A descriptive enumeration scene: three distinct groups are presented or introduced, each with identifying attire/marks, portrayed as ‘manorama’ (pleasing).
Characters & Entities
G
GobhūjaĀ
ĀḍālajaM
MāṃḍalīyaFAQs
The verse functions as narrative taxonomy, indicating ordered social/group distinctions within the episode.
No particular tīrtha is named; the broader Dharmāraṇya context remains the setting.
None.