Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

रुद्रो विप्रस्तथा दानश्चंद्रो मन्थोऽवलोककः । सूर्यावलोकश्चेति गार्गेयाः सप्त कीर्त्तिताः

Transliteration

rudro viprastathā dānaścaṃdro mantho'valokakaḥ | sūryāvalokaśceti gārgeyāḥ sapta kīrttitāḥ

Translation

Rudra, Vipra, Dāna, Candra, Mantha, Avalokaka und Sūryāvaloka—diese sieben werden als die Gārgeyās gerühmt.

Word by Word

• rudraḥ: Rudra (name)
• rudraḥ: Karta (Subject/member of list/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rudra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); नाम

• vipraḥ: Vipra (name)
• vipraḥ: Karta (Subject/member of list/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); नाम/उपाधि

• tathā: also/likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: रीतिवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: 'thus/also')

• dānaḥ: Dāna (name)
• dānaḥ: Karta (Subject/member of list/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); नाम

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

• candraḥ: Candra (name)
• candraḥ: Karta (Subject/member of list/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: candra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); नाम

• manthaḥ: Mantha (name)
• manthaḥ: Karta (Subject/member of list/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mantha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); नाम

• avalokakaḥ: Avalokaka (name)
• avalokakaḥ: Karta (Subject/member of list/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: avalokaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); नाम

• sūryāvalokaḥ: Sūryāvaloka (name)
• sūryāvalokaḥ: Karta (Subject/member of list/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūrya-avaloka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); तत्पुरुष-समासः (sūrya + avaloka)

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

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: इति-निपात (quotative/closing particle)

• gārgeyāḥ: the Gārgeyas (of Garga lineage)
• gārgeyāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gārgeya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); गोत्र/वंशवाचक (descendants of Garga)

• sapta: seven
• sapta: Visheshana (Numeral qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sapta (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक (numeral), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचनार्थ

• kīrttitāḥ: are proclaimed/mentioned
• kīrttitāḥ: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √kīrt (कीर्त् धातु) (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक: क्त)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle: 'are proclaimed')

Speaker

Śiva (addressing Devī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa (Someśvara vicinity)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A scroll-like tableau showing seven ascetic figures labeled Rudra, Vipra, Dāna, Candra, Mantha, Avalokaka, Sūryāvaloka—standing or seated near a liṅga shrine, as if a sacred register of Prabhāsa.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Gārgeyāḥ
• Rudra
• Vipra
• Dāna
• Candra
• Mantha
• Avalokaka
• Sūryāvaloka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Māhātmya anchors the site’s holiness in remembered lineages of realized beings, making the kṣetra a living map of spiritual heritage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader context is Prabhāsa-kṣetra and Someśvara, where these siddha groups are being cataloged.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; this verse is a nominative list of the seven Gārgeyās.