Shloka 57

Kārttikeya-Abhiṣecana: Mātṛgaṇa-Nāma Saṃkīrtana and Skanda’s Commission

Devanagari script

अनन्तो द्वादशभुजस्तथा कृष्णोपकृष्णकौ । प्राणश्रवा: कपिस्कन्ध: काज्चनाक्षो जलन्धम:

Transliteration

ananto dvādaśabhujas tathā kṛṣṇopakṛṣṇakau | prāṇaśravāḥ kapiskandhaḥ kāñcanākṣo jalandhamaḥ ||

Translation

अनन्तो द्वादशभुजस्तथा कृष्णोपकृष्णकौ। प्राणश्रवाः कपिस्कन्धः काञ्चनाक्षो जलन्धमः॥

Word by Word

• अनन्तः: Ananta (the infinite one; name)
• अनन्तः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनन्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• द्वादशभुजः: twelve-armed
• द्वादशभुजः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वादशभुज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तथा: and also; likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• कृष्ण: Kṛṣṇa
• कृष्ण: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उपकृष्णकौ: the two Upakṛṣṇakas (a pair of named beings)
• उपकृष्णकौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपकृष्णक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• प्राणश्रवाः: Prāṇaśravā (name)
• प्राणश्रवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राणश्रवस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कपिस्कन्धः: Kapi-skandha (monkey-shouldered; name/epithet)
• कपिस्कन्धः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कपिस्कन्ध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• काञ्चनाक्षः: golden-eyed (name/epithet)
• काञ्चनाक्षः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: काञ्चनाक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जलन्धमः: Jalandhama (name)
• जलन्धमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जलन्धम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Ananta
• Kṛṣṇa
• Upakṛṣṇa
• Prāṇaśravā
• Kapiskandha
• Kāñcanākṣa
• Jalandhama