Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 73
Devanagari script
पुत्रो युगंधरस्यासीन्माल्यवान्नाम भृत्यकः । यौगंधरायणो नाम्ना मन्त्रशास्त्रेषु कोविदः
Transliteration
putro yugaṃdharasyāsīnmālyavānnāma bhṛtyakaḥ | yaugaṃdharāyaṇo nāmnā mantraśāstreṣu kovidaḥ
Translation
บุตรของยุคันธระมีผู้รับใช้ชื่อ มาลยวาน อีกนามว่า ยาวคันธรายณะ ผู้ชำนาญในศาสตร์แห่งมนตร์ นโยบาย และราชกิจ
Word by Word
पुत्रःson
पुत्रः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
युगंधरस्यof Yugandhara
युगंधरस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootयुगंधर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन
आसीत्was
आसीत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
Formलङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन
माल्यवान्(named) Mālyavān
माल्यवान्:
Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition/समानाधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootमाल्यवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; नाम (proper name)
नामby name
नाम:
N/A
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनाम (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; नाम-प्रयोगे (indeclinable used to indicate name)
भृत्यकःservant
भृत्यकः:
Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition/समानाधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootभृत्यक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
यौगंधरायणःYaugandharāyaṇa (descendant of Yugandhara)
यौगंधरायणः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयुगंधर + अयण (प्रातिपदिक); तद्धित-प्रत्यय (patronymic)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तद्धितान्त (descendant of Yugandhara)
नाम्नाby name
नाम्ना:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootनामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन
मन्त्रशास्त्रेषुin the sciences/treatises of mantras
मन्त्रशास्त्रेषु:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootमन्त्र + शास्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (mantra-śāstra = treatises on mantras)
कोविदःskilled, learned
कोविदः:
Samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate adjective/समानाधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootकोविद (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying the subject)
Speaker
Narrator (contextual, within Setukhaṇḍa narration)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A royal court scene: Yugandhara’s household; Mālyavān/Yaugaṃdharāyaṇa presented as a learned attendant-minister holding palm-leaf manuscripts, advising with composed demeanor.
Characters & Entities
Y
YugandharaM
MālyavānY
YaugaṃdharāyaṇaFAQs
Competence in righteous counsel (mantra) is honored as a dharmic support to kingship and social welfare.
No tīrtha is referenced; this is a character-identification verse within the broader Setukhaṇḍa.
None.