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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 109

Devanagari script

इममष्टादशानां तु पुराणानामनुक्रमम् । यः पठेद्धव्यकव्येषु स याति भवनं हरेः

Transliteration

imamaṣṭādaśānāṃ tu purāṇānāmanukramam | yaḥ paṭheddhavyakavyeṣu sa yāti bhavanaṃ hareḥ

Translation

Wer diese Reihenfolge der achtzehn Purāṇas bei Opfergaben an die Götter und an die Ahnen (Pitṛ) rezitiert, gelangt zur Wohnstatt Haris (Viṣṇus).

Word by Word
इमम्this
इमम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन
अष्टादशानाम्of the eighteen
अष्टादशानाम्:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootअष्टादश (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन; संख्यावाचक (of eighteen)
तुindeed/but
तु:
Sambandha (Discourse particle/तु)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formविरोध/विशेषार्थक-अव्यय (particle: but/indeed)
पुराणानाम्of the Purāṇas
पुराणानाम्:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootपुराण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन
अनुक्रमम्sequence/listing
अनुक्रमम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootअनुक्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
यःwho
यः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-सर्वनाम
पठेत्should recite
पठेत्:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootपठ् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative/विधि), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन
हव्यकव्येषुin (rites of) offerings to gods and ancestors
हव्यकव्येषु:
Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootहव्य + कव्य (प्रातिपदिक); समास
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (हव्यं च कव्यं च)
सःhe
सः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
यातिgoes/attains
याति:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootया (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन
भवनम्abode
भवनम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootभवन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
हरेःof Hari (Viṣṇu)
हरेः:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootहरि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन
Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A householder or priest recites the sequence of the eighteen Purāṇas during offerings: fire altar for devas and a śrāddha setting for ancestors; a vision of Hari’s abode as the promised fruit.

Characters & Entities
A
Aṣṭādaśa Purāṇas
H
Havya
K
Kavya
H
Hari (Viṣṇu)

FAQs

Sacred recitation, when integrated into Vedic-Purāṇic rites, becomes a vehicle of spiritual ascent and divine attainment.

No particular tīrtha; the promised fruit is transcendental—attainment of Hari’s abode.

Recite the anukrama (sequence) of the eighteen Purāṇas during havya (deva-offerings) and kavya (pitṛ-offerings/śrāddha contexts).

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