Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 16
Devanagari script
नवमस्तस्य दायादस्तृणबिंदुरिति स्मृतः । त्रेतायुगमुखे राजा तृतीये संबभूव ह
Transliteration
navamastasya dāyādastṛṇabiṃduriti smṛtaḥ | tretāyugamukhe rājā tṛtīye saṃbabhūva ha
Translation
তেওঁৰ বংশৰ নৱম উত্তৰাধিকাৰী ‘তৃণবিন্দু’ বুলি স্মৃতিত খ্যাত। ত্ৰেতাযুগৰ আৰম্ভণিতে, তৃতীয় পৰ্যায়ত তেওঁ ৰজা হৈছিল।
Word by Word
navamaḥthe ninth
navamaḥ:
Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootnavama (प्रातिपदिक; क्रमवाचक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (dāyādaḥ)
tasyaof him/of that (one)
tasya:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन
dāyādaḥheir/descendant
dāyādaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdāyāda (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
tṛṇa-biṃduḥTṛṇabindu (name)
tṛṇa-biṃduḥ:
Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottṛṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + biṃdu (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (तृणस्य बिन्दुः)
itithus
iti:
Discourse marker (Quotation/इति)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; उद्धरण/इति-निपात
smṛtaḥis remembered/called
smṛtaḥ:
Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootsmṛta (कृदन्त; √smṛ)
Formभूतकृदन्त (क्त) used predicatively; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
tretā-yuga-mukheat the beginning of the Tretā-yuga
tretā-yuga-mukhe:
Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Roottretā (प्रातिपदिक) + yuga (प्रातिपदिक) + mukha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (त्रेतायुगस्य मुखे)
rājāking
rājā:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootrājan (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
tṛtīyein the third (period)
tṛtīye:
Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Roottṛtīya (प्रातिपदिक; क्रमवाचक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (tretāyugamukhe)
saṃbabhūvacame to be/was born/appeared
saṃbabhūva:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√bhū (धातु) with saṃ-
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्
haindeed
ha:
Discourse particle (Nipāta/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootha (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निपात (emphatic/legendary particle)
Speaker
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A courtly genealogical tableau: a kingly figure (Tṛṇabindu) enthroned with sages recording lineage; a cosmic backdrop indicating the dawn of Tretā-yuga (subtle sun-rise, kalpa-wheel motifs).
Characters & Entities
T
TṛṇabinduT
Tretā-yugaFAQs
Lineage-memory (smṛti) preserves dharmic history; Purāṇas link rulers and epochs to convey cosmic order.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra in the wider Māhātmya context.
None.