Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

दिव्यभाषासमोपेतां वेदाधिष्ठानसंयुताम् । पञ्चसंधिसमायुक्तां षडलंकारभूषिताम्

Transliteration

divyabhāṣāsamopetāṃ vedādhiṣṭhānasaṃyutām | pañcasaṃdhisamāyuktāṃ ṣaḍalaṃkārabhūṣitām

Translation

(Diese Erzählung) ist mit göttlicher Sprache ausgestattet und in vedischer Autorität gegründet; durch die fünf «Fugen» (strukturelle Übergänge) verbunden und mit sechs Schmuckformen des Ausdrucks geziert.

Word by Word

• दिव्यभाषासमोपेताम्: endowed with divine language
• दिव्यभाषासमोपेताम्: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक) + भाषा (प्रातिपदिक) + समुपेत (कृदन्त; √इ ‘to go’ with सम्+उप)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (कथाम् प्रति); (दिव्यभाषया समुपेता) तृतीया-तत्पुरुषभावः

• वेदाधिष्ठानसंयुताम्: connected with the Vedic foundation/authority
• वेदाधिष्ठानसंयुताम्: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वेद (प्रातिपदिक) + अधिष्ठान (प्रातिपदिक) + संयुत (कृदन्त; √युज्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण; (वेदाधिष्ठानेन संयुता) तृतीया-तत्पुरुषभावः

• पञ्चसंधिसमायुक्ताम्: furnished with five junctures (sandhis)
• पञ्चसंधिसमायुक्ताम्: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्च (संख्या) + सन्धि (प्रातिपदिक) + समायुक्त (कृदन्त; √युज् with सम्+आ)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण; (पञ्चसन्धिभिः समायुक्ता) तृतीया-तत्पुरुषभावः

• षडलंकारभूषिताम्: adorned with six figures/ornaments (alaṅkāras)
• षडलंकारभूषिताम्: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षट् (संख्या) + अलंकार (प्रातिपदिक) + भूषित (कृदन्त; √भूष्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण; (षड्भिरलंकारैः भूषिता) तृतीया-तत्पुरुषभावः

Speaker

Romaharṣaṇa (Sūta)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Personified ‘Kathā’ as a goddess holding Veda and manuscript, surrounded by five gateways (pañca-sandhi) and six jeweled ornaments (ṣaḍ-alaṅkāra) symbolizing refined expression; Prabhāsa shoreline faintly behind.

Characters & Entities

• Veda

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy narration is not casual speech—it is Veda-aligned teaching, carefully structured to uplift and instruct.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra is the topic to be unfolded; this verse describes the authority and style of the narration.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it specifies literary and doctrinal qualifications of the māhātmya discourse.