Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 49
Devanagari script
विजयाशोकदत्ताख्यौ तस्य पुत्रौबभूवतुः । सुतो विजयदत्ताख्यो ज्येष्ठो जज्ञे सुदर्शनः
Transliteration
vijayāśokadattākhyau tasya putraubabhūvatuḥ | suto vijayadattākhyo jyeṣṭho jajñe sudarśanaḥ
Translation
บุตรทั้งสองของเขาเป็นที่รู้จักว่า วิชัยทัตตะ และ อโศกทัตตะ ในหมู่พวกเขา ผู้พี่—วิชัยทัตตะ—แท้จริงคือสุทรรศนะกลับมาเกิดใหม่
Word by Word
विजय-अशोक-दत्त-आख्यौnamed Vijayadatta and Ashokadatta
विजय-अशोक-दत्त-आख्यौ:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootविजय (प्रातिपदिक) + अशोक (प्रातिपदिक) + दत्त (कृदन्त; √दा क्त) + आख्य (प्रातिपदिक ‘named’)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, द्विवचन; विशेषण of ‘पुत्रौ’
तस्यof him
तस्य:
Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन
पुत्रौtwo sons
पुत्रौ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, द्विवचन; subject of ‘अभूवतुः’
अभूवतुःbecame/were
अभूवतुः:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√भू (धातु) लङ्
Formलङ्-लकार (अनद्यतनभूत/Imperfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, द्विवचन
सुतःa son
सुतः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसुत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; subject of ‘जज्ञे’
विजय-दत्त-आख्यःnamed Vijayadatta
विजय-दत्त-आख्यः:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootविजय (प्रातिपदिक) + दत्त (कृदन्त; √दा क्त) + आख्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण of ‘सुतः’
ज्येष्ठःthe eldest
ज्येष्ठः:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootज्येष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; appositional qualifier of ‘सुतः’
जज्ञेwas born
जज्ञे:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√जन् (धातु) लिट् आत्मनेपद
Formलिट्-लकार (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन
सुदर्शनःSudarśana
सुदर्शनः:
Karta (Appositional subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसुदर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; proper name; apposition to ‘सुतः’
Speaker
Narrator (Purāṇic voice)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Two boys in a brāhmaṇa household are named; a subtle halo or discus-emblem hints that the elder is Sudarśana in human birth.
Characters & Entities
V
VijayadattaA
AśokadattaS
SudarśanaFAQs
Purāṇic storytelling links identity across births to illustrate karmic continuity and moral accountability.
No specific tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.
None.