Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

विवस्वानिव पर्जन्यो वरुणश्चार्यमा इव । इन्द्रस्तु द्विगुणैः षड्भिर्भात्येकादशभिः शतैः

Transliteration

vivasvāniva parjanyo varuṇaścāryamā iva | indrastu dviguṇaiḥ ṣaḍbhirbhātyekādaśabhiḥ śataiḥ

Translation

Parjanya leuchtet wie Vivasvān; und Varuṇa leuchtet wie Aryaman. Indra jedoch strahlt mit elf Hunderten, vermehrt um zweimal sechs.

Word by Word

• vivasvān: Vivasvān
• vivasvān: Upamana (Standard of comparison/उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vivasvat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• iva: like/as
• iva: Sambandha (Comparison marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iva (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमावाचक निपात (comparative particle)

• parjanyaḥ: Parjanya
• parjanyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parjanya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• varuṇaḥ: Varuṇa
• varuṇaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varuṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक निपात

• aryamā: Aryaman
• aryamā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aryaman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• iva: like
• iva: Sambandha (Comparison marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iva (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमावाचक निपात

• indraḥ: Indra
• indraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: indra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• tu: indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात

• dvi-guṇaiḥ: by double (multiples)
• dvi-guṇaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dvi (प्रातिपदिक) + guṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; द्विगु-समास (द्वौ गुणौ = double)

• ṣaḍbhiḥ: by six
• ṣaḍbhiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ṣaṣ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: (संख्यावाचक) तृतीया, बहुवचन; विशेषण (dvi-guṇaiḥ इत्यस्य/गुणैः)

• bhāti: shines
• bhāti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhā (धातु)
• Form: लट्, परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• ekādaśabhiḥ: by eleven (hundreds)
• ekādaśabhiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekādaśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: (संख्यावाचक) तृतीया, बहुवचन; विशेषण (śataiḥ इत्यस्य)

• śataiḥ: by hundreds
• śataiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa Kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yādava interlocutor (Sāṃba / ‘Yādavottama’ addressed in nearby verses)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous cosmic tableau: Parjanya, Varuṇa, Aryaman, Indra depicted as radiant deities in a celestial assembly, their brilliance measured in symbolic numbers, with Prabhāsa’s sanctified horizon behind.

Characters & Entities

• Vivasvān
• Parjanya
• Varuṇa
• Aryaman
• Indra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine functions are comparable and classifiable—some deities mirror others in power—showing unity-in-difference within cosmic administration.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The passage belongs to the Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya corpus, where such teachings enhance the sacred prestige of the region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual instruction appears; the verse continues the cosmological accounting of radiance among the Ādityas.