Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 80
Devanagari script
एष मे तनयो ब्रह्मञ्छुचिव्रत इतीरितः । एष राजसुतो नाम्ना धर्मगुप्तः कृतो मया
Transliteration
eṣa me tanayo brahmañchucivrata itīritaḥ | eṣa rājasuto nāmnā dharmaguptaḥ kṛto mayā
Translation
“اے برہمن! یہ میرا بیٹا ہے، جو شُچی ورت کے نام سے معروف ہے۔ اور یہ راج کمار ہے، جس کا نام میں نے دھرم گپت رکھا ہے۔”
Word by Word
एषःthis (one)
एषः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootetad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन (Nominative singular)
मेmy
मे:
Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम; षष्ठी-विभक्ति; एकवचन (Genitive singular)
तनयःson
तनयः:
Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition/समानााधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Roottanaya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन (Nominative singular)
ब्रह्मन्O Brahmin sage
ब्रह्मन्:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootbrahman (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन-विभक्ति; एकवचन (Vocative singular)
शुचि-व्रतःof pure vows
शुचि-व्रतः:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootśuci (प्रातिपदिक) + vrata (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन (Nominative singular); विशेषण (qualifier of तनयः)
इतिthus
इति:
Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; उद्धरणसूचक (quotative)
ईरितःis called/has been named
ईरितः:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√īr (धातु: प्रेरणे/उच्चारणे)
Formक्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन (Nominative singular)
एषःthis (one)
एषः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootetad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन (Nominative singular)
राज-सुतःking’s son
राज-सुतः:
Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition/समानााधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootrājan (प्रातिपदिक) + suta (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन (Nominative singular)
नाम्नाby name
नाम्ना:
Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootnāman (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन (Instrumental singular)
धर्म-गुप्तःDharmagupta
धर्म-गुप्तः:
Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition/समानााधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootdharma (प्रातिपदिक) + gupta (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन (Nominative singular); नाम (proper name)
कृतःwas made
कृतः:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√kṛ (धातु)
Formक्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन (Nominative singular)
मयाby me
मया:
Karta (Agent in passive/कर्तृ)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम; तृतीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन (Instrumental singular)
Speaker
Vipra-strī (brāhmaṇa woman)
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: Audience/ṛṣi (implied)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: The mother gestures gently toward each boy as she introduces them; the sage’s gaze is discerning yet kind, as if reading their future.
Characters & Entities
Ś
ŚucivrataD
DharmaguptaV
Vipra-strīS
sage (addressed as Brahman)FAQs
Identity is framed through dharma: names and vows are presented as spiritual commitments, not mere labels.
No tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.
No explicit rite is prescribed; the verse underscores vrata (vowed purity) as a dharmic ideal.