Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 54

Devanagari script

पुत्रपौत्रा भागिनेया मातुला भ्रातरस्तथा । ऋतवो नाम ये देवा देवानामपि देवताः

Transliteration

putrapautrā bhāgineyā mātulā bhrātarastathā | ṛtavo nāma ye devā devānāmapi devatāḥ

Translation

كان هناك الأبناء والأحفاد، وأبناء الأخوات، والأخوال، والإخوة كذلك؛ ومعهم الآلهة المسمَّون «الفصول» (رتو)، وهم مُعظَّمون حتى بين الآلهة—كلهم كانوا حاضرين في ذلك الموضع.

Word by Word

• पुत्रपौत्राः: sons and grandsons
• पुत्रपौत्राः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + पौत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; द्वन्द्वसमास

• भागिनेयाः: nephews (sister’s sons)
• भागिनेयाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भागिनेय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; sister’s sons/nephews

• मातुलाः: maternal uncles
• मातुलाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; maternal uncles

• भ्रातरः: brothers
• भ्रातरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ऋ-प्रातिपदिक (irregular stem)

• तथा: also
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (also/likewise)

• ऋतवः: the seasons
• ऋतवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋतु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• नाम: named/indeed
• नाम: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: नाम-शब्दः; संज्ञा/उपपद-निपात (particle meaning ‘by name/indeed’)

• ये: who/which
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• देवाः: gods
• देवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• देवानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन (genitive)

• अपि: even/also
• अपि: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (also/even)

• देवताः: deities
• देवताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced from Purāṇic Māhātmya narration style in Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vast assembly where human-like kin groups stand alongside radiant personifications of the Seasons—Vasanta, Grīṣma, Varṣā, Śarad, Hemanta, Śiśira—each with distinct colors, flora, and atmospheric cues, all gathered at Prabhāsa.

Characters & Entities

• Ṛtavaḥ (Seasons as deities)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A sacred rite in a tīrtha draws together both human relations and cosmic powers, showing that dharma is upheld by social and divine harmony.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prabhāsatīrtha), praised in the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya of the Skanda Purāṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription is stated here; the verse frames the assembly of participants and divine witnesses around a yajña.