Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8
Devanagari script
अस्य बालस्य चिह्नानि यानि काये द्विजोत्तम । अजरश्चामरश्चैव तैर्भवेत्पुरुषः किल
Transliteration
asya bālasya cihnāni yāni kāye dvijottama | ajaraścāmaraścaiva tairbhavetpuruṣaḥ kila
Translation
噢，婆罗门中最殊胜者，这男孩身上的诸般相征如此殊妙；凭此诸相，人确实可被期许远离衰老与死亡。
Word by Word
अस्यof this (boy)
अस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive); एकवचन
बालस्यof the boy
बालस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootबाल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी; एकवचन
चिह्नानिmarks, signs
चिह्नानि:
Karta (Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootचिह्न (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st); बहुवचन (Plural)
यानिwhich
यानि:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; बहुवचन; सम्बन्धक-विशेषण (relative pronoun agreeing with चिह्नानि)
कायेin the body
काये:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootकाय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative); एकवचन
द्विजोत्तमO best of Brahmins
द्विजोत्तम:
Sambodhana (Address)
TypeNoun
Rootद्विज + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक); समास
Formपुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (Vocative); एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (द्विजानाम् उत्तम)
अजरःageless
अजरः:
Karta (Predicate adjective)
TypeAdjective
Rootअ + जर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; नञ्-समास/उपपद-निषेध (not aging)
चand
च:
Samuccaya (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)
अमरःimmortal
अमरः:
Karta (Predicate adjective)
TypeAdjective
Rootअ + मर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; नञ्-समासार्थ (not dying, immortal)
चand
च:
Samuccaya
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चय
एवindeed, certainly
एव:
Avadhāraṇa (Emphasis)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अवधारण (particle of emphasis)
तैःby those (marks)
तैः:
Karana (Means/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental); बहुवचन
भवेत्would be, should become
भवेत्:
Kriyā (Main verb)
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन
पुरुषःa man/person
पुरुषः:
Karta (Subject complement)
TypeNoun
Rootपुरुष (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन
किलindeed, it is said
किल:
Nipāta (Discourse particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकिल (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निश्चय/श्रुत्यर्थक-निपात (particle: indeed/it is said)
Speaker
Dvijottama (learned brāhmaṇa skilled in signs)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Arbuda (sectional) / Prabhāsa (frame)
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: The brāhmaṇa declares that the boy bears marks indicating freedom from aging and death; the moment glows with prophetic wonder, contrasting the child’s innocence with cosmic destiny.
Characters & Entities
D
DvijottamaT
The childFAQs
Outer signs may suggest great fortune, yet Purāṇic dharma reminds that destiny can still hinge on subtler karmic law.
No specific tīrtha is named; the verse focuses on the interpretive science of marks within the hermitage narrative.
None.