Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 68

Devanagari script

अपत्यानि च यान्यस्यास्तानि वक्ष्याम्यशेषतः । मरीचिर्ब्रह्मणः पुत्रो मारीचः कश्यपः स्मृतः

Transliteration

apatyāni ca yānyasyāstāni vakṣyāmyaśeṣataḥ | marīcirbrahmaṇaḥ putro mārīcaḥ kaśyapaḥ smṛtaḥ

Translation

Now I shall declare, without omission, the progeny that belong to her. Marīci is the son of Brahmā, and Kaśyapa—born in Marīci’s line—is remembered as ‘Mārīca’.

Word by Word

• apatyāni: offspring, descendants
• apatyāni: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: apatya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

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

• yāni: which (ones)
• yāni: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (यद्-प्रातिपदिक, सर्वनाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• asyāḥ: of her
• asyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (इदम्-प्रातिपदिक, सर्वनाम)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• tāni: those
• tāni: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद्-प्रातिपदिक, सर्वनाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• vakṣyāmi: I will tell
• vakṣyāmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (वच्-धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन

• aśeṣataḥ: completely, without remainder
• aśeṣataḥ: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: aśeṣa (अशेष-प्रातिपदिक) + tas (तस्-प्रत्यय, अव्ययीभावार्थ)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), प्रकारवाचक

• marīciḥ: Marīci
• marīciḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: marīci (मरीचि-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• brahmaṇaḥ: of Brahmā
• brahmaṇaḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (ब्रह्मन्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• putraḥ: son
• putraḥ: Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (पुत्र-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• mārīcaḥ: Mārīca (descendant of Marīci)
• mārīcaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mārīca (मारीच-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• kaśyapaḥ: Kaśyapa
• kaśyapaḥ: Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kaśyapa (कश्यप-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• smṛtaḥ: is said/remembered (as)
• 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 sage (narrator) pointing to a symbolic lineage-tree: Brahmā → Marīci → Kaśyapa (Mārīca), with celestial imagery behind, indicating the unfolding of progeny.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Marīci
• Kaśyapa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇas preserve dharma through sacred lineages; knowing rishi genealogies anchors ritual, cosmology, and sacred history.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra is the narrative frame; the genealogy is presented as part of its māhātmya context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it introduces lineage context often used to validate mantras, rites, and sacred traditions.