Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

इति संक्षपतः प्रोक्ता कश्यपान्वयसंततिः । यया व्याप्तं जगत्सर्वं सदेवासुरमानुषम्

Transliteration

iti saṃkṣapataḥ proktā kaśyapānvayasaṃtatiḥ | yayā vyāptaṃ jagatsarvaṃ sadevāsuramānuṣam

Translation

So ist in Kürze die Abfolge der Linie Kaśyapas geschildert, durch die die ganze Welt durchdrungen ist, mitsamt Göttern, Asuras und Menschen.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha-bodhaka (Discourse marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/समाप्ति-बोधक-अव्यय (quotative/closure particle)

• संक्षपतः: briefly
• संक्षपतः: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saṃ-kṣip (धातु) + ataḥ (तद्धित/अव्ययीभावार्थ)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverbial form: 'briefly/in summary')

• प्रोक्ता: has been told
• प्रोक्ता: Kriyā (Predicative verbal notion/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-vac (धातु) + ta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगे विधेय

• कश्यपान्वयसंततिः: the lineage of Kaśyapa
• कश्यपान्वयसंततिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kaśyapa-anvaya-saṃtati (प्रातिपदिक; कश्यप + अन्वय + संतति)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (determinative: 'lineage-continuity of Kaśyapa')

• यया: by which
• यया: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• व्याप्तम्: is pervaded
• व्याप्तम्: Kriyā (Predicative verbal notion/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-āp (धातु) + ta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगे विधेय

• जगत्: the world
• जगत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• सर्वम्: entire
• सर्वम्: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• सदेवासुरमानुषम्: including gods, asuras, and humans
• सदेवासुरमानुषम्: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa-deva-asura-mānuṣa (प्रातिपदिक; स + देव + असुर + मानुष)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समाहार-द्वन्द्व (collective copulative) with 'sa-' (including)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cosmic map-like composition: Sage Kaśyapa at center with emanating streams of beings—devas, asuras, humans—spreading across the three worlds; the narrator gestures to the vast pervasion while standing near a coastal Prabhāsa shrine silhouette.

Characters & Entities

• Kaśyapa
• Devas
• Asuras
• Mānuṣas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

All beings participate in an ordered cosmic genealogy; recognizing this interconnectedness supports humility and responsibility within dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra remains the overarching sacred setting, but this verse is a summarizing statement about Kaśyapa’s lineage.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual practice is given in this verse.