Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

तथान्यौ कुण्डगोलौ च पुत्रावपि प्रकीर्तितौ

Transliteration

tathānyau kuṇḍagolau ca putrāvapi prakīrtitau

Translation

तसेच आणखी दोन—कुण्ड आणि गोल—हेही पुत्र म्हणून प्रकीर्तित आहेत.

Word by Word

• तथा: thus; likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/समुच्चयार्थे (indeclinable; adverb/conjunctive sense: 'thus/also')

• अन्यौ: two others
• अन्यौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन; विशेषण (masculine nominative dual; adjective)

• कुण्डगोलौ: Kuṇḍagola (two persons named Kuṇḍa and Gola / dual name)
• कुण्डगोलौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुण्डगोल (प्रातिपदिक; नाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन; व्यक्तिनाम (masculine nominative dual; proper name)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (indeclinable; conjunction 'and')

• पुत्रौ: two sons
• पुत्रौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन (masculine nominative dual)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अप्यर्थे/समुच्चयार्थे (indeclinable; 'also/even')

• प्रकीर्तितौ: were proclaimed/mentioned
• प्रकीर्तितौ: Karma (Predicate complement in passive/कर्मणि विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र+कीर्त् (धातु) → प्रकीर्तित (कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे विधेय (PPP; masculine nominative dual; predicate in passive sense)

Speaker

Bhartṛyajña

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The teacher adds two final items to the list; the listeners lean in, indicating these are rarer terms; a manuscript margin shows the words ‘kuṇḍa’ and ‘gola’.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even complex social situations were addressed by dharma categories to safeguard the continuity of ancestral obligations.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named in this verse; it remains part of the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya’s śrāddha teaching section.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It extends the list of recognized ‘son’ categories that can bear ritual responsibilities such as śrāddha.