Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 6
Devanagari script
तस्यां जज्ञे हलीनाम बलभद्रः प्रतापवान् । तृतीया सुप्रभानाम वसुदेवप्रिया च या
Transliteration
tasyāṃ jajñe halīnāma balabhadraḥ pratāpavān | tṛtīyā suprabhānāma vasudevapriyā ca yā
Translation
ในนาง (โรหิณี) นั้น ได้ประสูติพระพลภัทรผู้ทรงเดช ผู้ทรงถือคันไถ และชายาองค์ที่สามมีนามว่า สุประภา ผู้เป็นที่รักยิ่งของวสุเทวะ
Word by Word
तस्याम्in her
तस्याम्:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
जज्ञेwas born
जज्ञे:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootजन् (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद
हलीHalī
हली:
Apposition (नाम/संज्ञा)
TypeNoun
Rootहली (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (नाम) इति संबन्धः
नामby name
नाम:
Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनाम (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (particle: ‘by name’)
बलभद्रःBalabhadra
बलभद्रः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootबलभद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
प्रतापवान्mighty/valorous
प्रतापवान्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रतापवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (बलभद्रः) विशेषण
तृतीयाthe third (wife)
तृतीया:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतृतीय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्रमवाचक (ordinal)
सुप्रभाSuprabhā
सुप्रभा:
Apposition (नाम/संज्ञा)
TypeNoun
Rootसुप्रभा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (नाम) इति संबन्धः
नामby name
नाम:
Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनाम (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (particle: ‘by name’)
वसुदेवप्रियाdear to Vasudeva
वसुदेवप्रिया:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootवसुदेव-प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक; वसुदेव + प्रिय)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (वसुदेवस्य प्रिया)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)
याwho
या:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-सर्वनाम
Speaker
Sūta
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Vraja-maṇḍala (implied)
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Rohiṇī gives birth to the mighty Balabhadra, the plough-bearing hero; Suprabhā is introduced as Vasudeva’s third beloved wife, expanding the household tableau.
Characters & Entities
R
RohiṇīB
Balabhadra (Halī)S
SuprabhāV
VasudevaFAQs
Sacred history preserves dharma through divinely guided lineages, where each birth serves cosmic order.
Not directly; the tīrtha emphasis of the adhyāya culminates in Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra.
None in this verse.