Valmiki Ramayana Ayodhya Kanda Sarga 107 Shloka 12
Original Shlokaपुन्नाम्नो नरकाद् यस्मात् पितरं त्रायते सुतः। तस्मात् पुत्र इति प्रोक्तः पितॄन् यः पाति सर्वतः।।2.107.12।।
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English Translation
यस्मात् since, सुतः son, पितरम् father, पुन्नाम्नः by name 'Put', नरकात् from hell, त्रायते delivers, तस्मात् for that reason, यः who, सर्वतः in everyway, पितॄन् ancestors, पाति protects, he, पुत्र: इति as putra, प्रोक्तः has been told.
English Commentary
Putra is so called as he delivers his father from a hell known as Put and protects the ancestors in all possible ways.