Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 69

Devanagari script

तस्माद्धिरण्यकशिपुः प्रह्रादस्तस्य चात्मजः । प्रह्रादस्य सुतो नाम्ना विरोचन इति स्मृतः

Transliteration

tasmāddhiraṇyakaśipuḥ prahrādastasya cātmajaḥ | prahrādasya suto nāmnā virocana iti smṛtaḥ

Translation

Aus ihm ging Hiraṇyakaśipu hervor; und sein Sohn war Prahrāda. Prahrādas Sohn wird dem Namen nach als Virocana überliefert.

Word by Word

• tasmāt: from him/therefrom
• tasmāt: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद्-प्रातिपदिक, सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• hiraṇyakaśipuḥ: Hiraṇyakaśipu
• hiraṇyakaśipuḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hiraṇyakaśipu (हिरण्यकशिपु-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• prahrādaḥ: Prahrāda
• prahrādaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prahrāda (प्रह्राद-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद्-प्रातिपदिक, सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

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

• ātmajaḥ: son
• ātmajaḥ: Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ātmaja (आत्मज-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• prahrādasya: of Prahrāda
• prahrādasya: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prahrāda (प्रह्राद-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• sutaḥ: son
• sutaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: suta (सुत-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• nāmnā: by name
• nāmnā: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāman (नामन्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; साधन/प्रकारार्थे (by name)

• virocanaḥ: Virocana
• virocanaḥ: Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: virocana (विरोचन-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• iti: thus, as
• iti: Sambandha (Quotative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/इति-प्रयोग-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• smṛtaḥ: is said/remembered
• 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 lineage tableau: Kaśyapa’s line leading to Hiraṇyakaśipu (austere, formidable), Prahlāda (serene devotee), and Virocana (royal daitya), hinting at the contrast between tyranny and devotion.

Characters & Entities

• Hiraṇyakaśipu
• Prahrāda
• Virocana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even within formidable lineages, dharma and devotion (as embodied by Prahrāda in Purāṇic memory) remain central to sacred history.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra remains the overarching sacred setting of the chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse functions as genealogical transmission within the māhātmya narrative.