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Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

ततः सुतनुनामा स बालोऽबालोऽभ्युवाच माम् । मम मंदायते वाणी प्रश्नैः स्वल्पैस्तव द्विज । तथापि वच्मि मां यस्मान्निहीनं मन्यते भवान्

Transliteration

tataḥ sutanunāmā sa bālo'bālo'bhyuvāca mām | mama maṃdāyate vāṇī praśnaiḥ svalpaistava dvija | tathāpi vacmi māṃ yasmānnihīnaṃ manyate bhavān

Translation

Pagkatapos, ang batang nagngangalang Sutanū ay nagsalita sa akin—bagaman bata, hindi siya hamak na musmos: “O brāhmaṇa, ang mumunti mong mga tanong ay nagpapautal sa aking pananalita. Gayunman, magsasalita ako, sapagkat inaakala mong ako’y may kakulangan.”

Word by Word
tataḥthen
tataḥ:
Sambandha (Adverbial/काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय (adverb): then
sutanunāmānamed Sutanu
sutanunāmā:
Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsutanu-nāman (सुतनु + नामन्) (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि: 'सुतनु-नाम यस्य सः' (whose name is Sutanu)
saḥhe
saḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन, पुंलिङ्ग
bālaḥa boy
bālaḥ:
Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-समानाधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootbāla (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन
abālaḥnot childish; mature
abālaḥ:
Karta (Appositional qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Roota-bāla (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; नञ्-तत्पुरुष (negation): 'not a boy' (i.e., mature)
abhyuvācaaddressed, spoke to
abhyuvāca:
Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootabhi-√vac (वच्) (धातु)
Formलिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन, परस्मैपद
māmme
mām:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन
mamamy
mama:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन
maṃdāyatebecomes slow/feeble
maṃdāyate:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√mand (मन्द्) (धातु)
Formलट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; 'becomes slow/weak'
vāṇīspeech, voice
vāṇī:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootvāṇī (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन
praśnaiḥby questions
praśnaiḥ:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootpraśna (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन
svalpaiḥsmall, few
svalpaiḥ:
Karana (Instrument qualifier/करण-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsvalpa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; विशेषण (praśnaiḥ)
tavayour
tava:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootyuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन
dvijaO twice-born (brahmin)
dvija:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootdvija (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन
tathāpieven so, nevertheless
tathāpi:
Sambandha (Concession/व्यतिरेक)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā + api (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (concessive adverb): तथापि
vacmiI speak
vacmi:
Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√vac (वच्) (धातु)
Formलट् (present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन, परस्मैपद
māmme
mām:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन
yasmātbecause, since
yasmāt:
Sambandha (Causal/हेतु)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formयत्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival conjunction): यस्मात् = 'because/since'
nihīnaminferior, deficient
nihīnam:
Karma (Object complement/कर्म-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootnihīna (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (mām)
manyatethinks, considers
manyate:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√man (मन्) (धातु)
Formलट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन, आत्मनेपद
bhavānyou (sir)
bhavān:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbhavat (भवत्) (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; आदरार्थ-प्रयोग (honorific pronoun)
Speaker

Sutanū

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: The brāhmaṇa questioner (first-person narrator of prior verse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant boy named Sutanū addresses an elder brāhmaṇa; the boy’s posture is confident yet restrained, suggesting mastery of subtle phonetic doctrine; the brāhmaṇa listens, slightly chastened.

Characters & Entities
S
Sutanū
D
dvija (brāhmaṇa questioner)

FAQs

Spiritual authority is measured by insight, not age; humility and clarity guide true instruction.

None is mentioned in this verse.

None; it introduces the speaker Sutanū and his response.

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