Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 54

Devanagari script

पुत्रपौत्रा भागिनेया मातुला भ्रातरस्तथा । ऋतवो नाम ये देवा देवानामपि देवताः

Transliteration

putrapautrā bhāgineyā mātulā bhrātarastathā | ṛtavo nāma ye devā devānāmapi devatāḥ

Translation

Söhne und Enkel, Schwestersöhne, Onkel mütterlicherseits und Brüder ebenso; dazu die Gottheiten, die man die Jahreszeiten (Ṛtu) nennt, verehrt selbst unter den Göttern — alle waren dort zugegen.

Word by Word

• पुत्रपौत्राः: sons and grandsons
• पुत्रपौत्राः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + पौत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; द्वन्द्वसमास

• भागिनेयाः: nephews (sister’s sons)
• भागिनेयाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भागिनेय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; sister’s sons/nephews

• मातुलाः: maternal uncles
• मातुलाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; maternal uncles

• भ्रातरः: brothers
• भ्रातरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ऋ-प्रातिपदिक (irregular stem)

• तथा: also
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (also/likewise)

• ऋतवः: the seasons
• ऋतवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋतु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• नाम: named/indeed
• नाम: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: नाम-शब्दः; संज्ञा/उपपद-निपात (particle meaning ‘by name/indeed’)

• ये: who/which
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• देवाः: gods
• देवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• देवानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन (genitive)

• अपि: even/also
• अपि: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (also/even)

• देवताः: deities
• देवताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced from Purāṇic Māhātmya narration style in Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vast assembly where human-like kin groups stand alongside radiant personifications of the Seasons—Vasanta, Grīṣma, Varṣā, Śarad, Hemanta, Śiśira—each with distinct colors, flora, and atmospheric cues, all gathered at Prabhāsa.

Characters & Entities

• Ṛtavaḥ (Seasons as deities)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A sacred rite in a tīrtha draws together both human relations and cosmic powers, showing that dharma is upheld by social and divine harmony.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prabhāsatīrtha), praised in the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya of the Skanda Purāṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription is stated here; the verse frames the assembly of participants and divine witnesses around a yajña.