Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

देवलो भगवान्योगी प्रत्यूषस्याभवन्सुताः । बृहस्पतेस्तु भगिनी भुवना ब्रह्मवादिनी

Transliteration

devalo bhagavānyogī pratyūṣasyābhavansutāḥ | bṛhaspatestu bhaginī bhuvanā brahmavādinī

Translation

وُلِدَ اليوغي المبارك ديفالا ابنًا لبراتْيُوشا. وأمّا بُهُفانا—أخت بْرِهَسْبَتي—فكانت ناطقةً بالبرهمن، عارفةً بالحقيقة المقدّسة.

Word by Word

• देवलः: Devala
• देवलः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• भगवान्: venerable/divine
• भगवान्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• योगी: yogi
• योगी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योगिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• प्रत्यूषस्य: of Pratyūṣa
• प्रत्यूषस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रत्यूष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• अभवन्: were/occurred
• अभवन्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• सुताः: sons/children
• सुताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• बृहस्पतेः: of Bṛhaspati
• बृहस्पतेः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बृहस्पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), विरोध/विशेषार्थक

• भगिनी: sister
• भगिनी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• भुवना: Bhuvanā
• भुवना: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भुवना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ब्रह्मवादिनी: expounder of Brahman (Vedic doctrine)
• ब्रह्मवादिनी: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ब्रह्म + वादिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (determinative: 'speaker of Brahman/veda')

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Inquirer/disciple figure

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devala, serene yogin, seated in meditation near a sacred grove by the Prabhāsa coast; Bhuvanā, a learned woman-sage, recites brahma-vāda beside a veena-like scholarly setting, with disciples listening.

Characters & Entities

• Devala
• Pratyūṣa
• Bṛhaspati
• Bhuvanā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holiness is transmitted through both divine and sage lineages—yoga (Devala) and brahma-vāda (Bhuvanā) are shown as inhering in sacred descent.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra is the contextual sacred landscape; this verse highlights saintly and divine connections rather than a specific tirtha-spot.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.