Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 77

Devanagari script

वेदव्यासस्ततो जज्ञे जातूकर्ण्यपुरःसरः । तत्रैव नवमो विष्णुरदितेः कश्यपात्मजः

Transliteration

vedavyāsastato jajñe jātūkarṇyapuraḥsaraḥ | tatraiva navamo viṣṇuraditeḥ kaśyapātmajaḥ

Translation

ثم وُلِد فيدافياسا (Vedavyāsa)، وكان جاتوكارنيا (Jātūkarṇya) في المقدّمة. وهناك بعينه وُلِدت التجليّة التاسعة لفيشنو طفلًا لأديتي—أي ابنًا لكاشيابا (Kāśyapa).

Word by Word

• वेदव्यासः: Vedavyāsa
• वेदव्यासः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेदव्यास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—वेद + व्यास (कर्मधारयः)

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-प्रकारः—काल/क्रमवाचक (then/thereafter)

• जज्ञे: was born
• जज्ञे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• जातूकर्ण्यपुरःसरः: having Jātūkarṇya as the forerunner/leader
• जातूकर्ण्यपुरःसरः: Karta (Subject-complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जातूकर्ण्य + पुरःसर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—जातूकर्ण्यस्य पुरःसरः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (there)

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चय/अवधारण (indeed/just)

• नवमः: ninth
• नवमः: Karta (Subject-complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नवम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक विशेषण

• विष्णुः: Viṣṇu
• विष्णुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• अदितेः: of Aditi
• अदितेः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अदिति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• कश्यपात्मजः: son of Kaśyapa
• कश्यपात्मजः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-समनाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कश्यप + आत्मज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—कश्यपस्य आत्मजः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) speaking to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene scholarly birth/appearance scene: Vedavyāsa with matted hair and manuscript, Jātūkarṇya as the prominent rishi in attendance; a subtle divine figure indicating Viṣṇu’s ninth manifestation ‘there itself’, with Aditi and Kaśyapa suggested as archetypal parents in the cosmic background.

Characters & Entities

• Vedavyāsa
• Jātūkarṇya
• Viṣṇu
• Aditi
• Kaśyapa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred history links sages and divine descents, showing that revelation (Vyāsa) and protection (Viṣṇu) arise together for dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra remains the frame of reference, though the verse itself is genealogical.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse.