Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 68

Devanagari script

अपत्यानि च यान्यस्यास्तानि वक्ष्याम्यशेषतः । मरीचिर्ब्रह्मणः पुत्रो मारीचः कश्यपः स्मृतः

Transliteration

apatyāni ca yānyasyāstāni vakṣyāmyaśeṣataḥ | marīcirbrahmaṇaḥ putro mārīcaḥ kaśyapaḥ smṛtaḥ

Translation

Nun will ich, ohne etwas auszulassen, die Nachkommenschaft verkünden, die zu ihr gehört. Marīci ist der Sohn Brahmās, und Kaśyapa—aus Marīcis Linie hervorgegangen—wird als ‘Mārīca’ in Erinnerung gehalten.

Word by Word

• apatyāni: offspring, descendants
• apatyāni: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: apatya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

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

• yāni: which (ones)
• yāni: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (यद्-प्रातिपदिक, सर्वनाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• asyāḥ: of her
• asyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (इदम्-प्रातिपदिक, सर्वनाम)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• tāni: those
• tāni: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद्-प्रातिपदिक, सर्वनाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• vakṣyāmi: I will tell
• vakṣyāmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (वच्-धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन

• aśeṣataḥ: completely, without remainder
• aśeṣataḥ: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: aśeṣa (अशेष-प्रातिपदिक) + tas (तस्-प्रत्यय, अव्ययीभावार्थ)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), प्रकारवाचक

• marīciḥ: Marīci
• marīciḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: marīci (मरीचि-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• brahmaṇaḥ: of Brahmā
• brahmaṇaḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (ब्रह्मन्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• putraḥ: son
• putraḥ: Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (पुत्र-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• mārīcaḥ: Mārīca (descendant of Marīci)
• mārīcaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mārīca (मारीच-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• kaśyapaḥ: Kaśyapa
• kaśyapaḥ: Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kaśyapa (कश्यप-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• smṛtaḥ: is said/remembered (as)
• smṛtaḥ: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: smṛ (स्मृ-धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (deduced for Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage (narrator) pointing to a symbolic lineage-tree: Brahmā → Marīci → Kaśyapa (Mārīca), with celestial imagery behind, indicating the unfolding of progeny.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Marīci
• Kaśyapa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇas preserve dharma through sacred lineages; knowing rishi genealogies anchors ritual, cosmology, and sacred history.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra is the narrative frame; the genealogy is presented as part of its māhātmya context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it introduces lineage context often used to validate mantras, rites, and sacred traditions.