Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 68
Devanagari script
तस्य पुत्रस्तु भरतः शतश्रृंगस्तु तत्सुतः । तस्य पुत्राष्टकं जातं तथैकाच कुमारिका
Transliteration
tasya putrastu bharataḥ śataśrṛṃgastu tatsutaḥ | tasya putrāṣṭakaṃ jātaṃ tathaikāca kumārikā
Translation
അവന്റെ പുത്രൻ ഭരതൻ; ഭരതന്റെ പുത്രൻ ശതശൃംഗൻ. അവനു എട്ട് പുത്രന്മാർ ജനിച്ചു; അതുപോലെ ഒരു കുമാരിയും ജനിച്ചു।
Word by Word
तस्यof him
तस्य:
Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्गे; षष्ठी-एकवचनम् (Genitive singular: 'of him')
पुत्रःson
पुत्रः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गः; प्रथमा-एकवचनम् (Nominative singular)
तुindeed/but
तु:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formनिपातः (contrastive particle: 'but/indeed')
भरतःBharata
भरतः:
Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-समनाधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootभरत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गः; प्रथमा-एकवचनम् (Nominative singular)
शत-शृङ्गःŚataśṛṅga
शत-शृङ्गः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootशत + शृङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गः; प्रथमा-एकवचनम् (Nominative singular); षष्ठी/द्विगु-भावे तत्पुरुषः (hundred-horned; name)
तुindeed/and
तु:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formनिपातः (particle)
तत्-सुतःhis son
तत्-सुतः:
Karta (Predicate nominal/कर्ता-समनाधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् + सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गः; प्रथमा-एकवचनम् (Nominative singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (his son)
तस्यof him
तस्य:
Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम; षष्ठी-एकवचनम् (Genitive singular)
पुत्र-अष्टकम्a group of eight sons
पुत्र-अष्टकम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र + अष्टक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गः; प्रथमा-एकवचनम् (Nominative singular); द्विगु-समासः (a set of eight sons/children)
जातम्was born
जातम्:
Kriya (Predicative participle/क्रिया-विशेष)
TypeVerb
Rootजन् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि-क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्तम्; नपुंसकलिङ्गः; प्रथमा-एकवचनम् (agreeing with पुत्र-अष्टकम्)
तथाand also/likewise
तथा:
Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्ययम् (adverb: 'thus/also')
एकाone
एका:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootएक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्गः; प्रथमा-एकवचनम् (Nominative singular)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयार्थक-अव्ययम् (conjunction: 'and')
कुमारिकाa daughter/maiden
कुमारिका:
Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-समनाधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootकुमारिका (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्गः; प्रथमा-एकवचनम् (Nominative singular)
Speaker
Śrī Nārada (continuing narrative)
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: Pārtha (Arjuna)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A genealogical tableau: Ṛṣabha, Bharata, and Śataśṛṅga shown in successive registers like a lineage scroll; eight sons and one daughter indicated by grouped child-figures around Śataśṛṅga.
Characters & Entities
B
BharataŚ
ŚataśṛṅgaFAQs
Purāṇic genealogies anchor dharma and sacred history by mapping lineages through which teachings and traditions flow.
No tīrtha is mentioned; this is genealogical narration.
None.