Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 134
Devanagari script
तस्याहं तनयो नाम्ना चंद्रप्रभ इति स्मृतः
Transliteration
tasyāhaṃ tanayo nāmnā caṃdraprabha iti smṛtaḥ
Translation
“ഞാൻ അദ്ദേഹത്തിന്റെ പുത്രൻ; ‘ചന്ദ്രപ്രഭ’ എന്ന നാമത്തിൽ സ്മരിക്കപ്പെടുന്നു.”
Word by Word
तस्यof him
तस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन
अहम्I
अहम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formउत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन
तनयःson
तनयः:
Karta (Predicate nominal/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतनय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; अहम् इत्यस्य विशेष्य-सम्बन्ध (predicate noun)
नाम्नाby name
नाम्ना:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootनामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; ‘by name’
चंद्रप्रभःCandraprabha
चंद्रप्रभः:
Karta (Appositional/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootचन्द्र + प्रभ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; नाम (proper name)
इतिthus
इति:
Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (अव्यय)
Formउद्धरण-समाप्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)
स्मृतःis called/known
स्मृतः:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootस्मृ (धातु) → स्मृत (कृदन्त, क्त)
Formकृदन्त (क्त), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मणि-भावः (past passive participle)
Speaker
The disguised mendicant/outcaste (self-identification within the story)
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: Unnamed questioner
Visual Art Cues
Scene: The ascetic gently states his name; the composition centers on his calm face and subtle moonlike radiance suggested by lighting, with the listener attentive and still.
Characters & Entities
C
CandraprabhaM
MādhavaFAQs
Identity and lineage are presented as narrative tools to frame moral consequence and dharma within the story.
No tīrtha is named in this verse.
None.