Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 46
Devanagari script
बालको बक इत्येवं प्रतीतोऽतिप्रियः पितुः । चपलोऽतीव बालत्वे निसर्गादेव भद्रक
Transliteration
bālako baka ityevaṃ pratīto'tipriyaḥ pituḥ | capalo'tīva bālatve nisargādeva bhadraka
Translation
我尚为孩童时，人们称我为“婆迦（Baka）”，我极为父亲所钟爱；而在童年，我天性顽动不安，善者啊。
Word by Word
बालकःthe boy
बालकः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootबालक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
बकःBaka (name); also ‘crane’
बकः:
Karta (Apposition/समानााधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootबक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
इतिthus
इति:
Sambandha (Quotation/इति)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (अव्यय)
Formउद्धरण-निपात
एवम्thus, in this way
एवम्:
Sambandha (Manner/प्रकार)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम् (अव्यय)
Formप्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of manner)
प्रतीतःknown, reputed
प्रतीतः:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्र + इ (धातु)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP) ‘known/recognized’
अतिप्रियःvery dear
अतिप्रियः:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअति + प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—अति (अव्यय) + प्रिय (अव्ययीभावः: ‘very dear’)
पितुःof (his) father
पितुः:
Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन
चपलःrestless
चपलः:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootचपल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
अतीवexceedingly
अतीव:
Sambandha (Intensity/अतिशय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअतीव (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अतिशयार्थक (intensifier adverb)
बालत्वेin childhood
बालत्वे:
Adhikarana (State/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootबालत्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन
निसर्गात्by nature, from natural disposition
निसर्गात्:
Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Ablative/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootनिसर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन
एवindeed
एव:
Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअवधारण-निपात
भद्रकO good one
भद्रक:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootभद्रक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन
Speaker
Nāḍījaṃgha (contextual continuation)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Ghṛtakaṃbala (contextual backdrop)
Type: kshetra
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: Vipra/king in the present scene
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Flashback continues: the boy called ‘Baka’ is dearly loved by his father, yet naturally very restless and fickle—setting a moral and narrative foreshadowing.
Characters & Entities
B
BakaFAQs
Unchecked restlessness and heedlessness, even in youth, can plant karmic causes that mature into later suffering.
No tīrtha is named in this verse.
None.