Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

श्रुतकल्पप्रसङ्गेन धर्मान्वायुरथाब्रवीत् । यत्र तद्वायवीयं स्याद्रुद्रमाहात्म्यसंयुतम्

Transliteration

śrutakalpaprasaṅgena dharmānvāyurathābravīt | yatra tadvāyavīyaṃ syādrudramāhātmyasaṃyutam

Translation

In connection with the Śruta Kalpa, Vāyu then taught the principles of dharma. That text in which this appears, joined with the greatness of Rudra, is known as the Vāyavīya Purāṇa.

Word by Word

• श्रुतकल्पप्रसङ्गेन: by the context of the Śrutakalpa
• श्रुतकल्पप्रसङ्गेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रुत + कल्प + प्रसङ्ग (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (करण), एकवचनम्; तत्पुरुष-समासः (श्रुतकल्पस्य प्रसङ्गः) — by the occasion/context of the Śrutakalpa

• धर्मान्: duties/dharmas
• धर्मान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (कर्म), बहुवचनम् — Accusative plural

• वायुः: Vāyu
• वायुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वायु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् — Vāyu

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक-अव्ययम् (particle: then/now)

• अब्रवीत्: said
• अब्रवीत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकारः (अनद्यतनभूत/Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्, परस्मैपदम् — spoke/said

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Location marker/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्ययम् (relative adverb: where)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; ‘वायवीयम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम् — that

• वायवीयम्: the Vāyavīya (portion)
• वायवीयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वायवीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् — the Vāyavīya (section/text)

• स्यात्: may be
• स्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकारः (optative), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्, परस्मैपदम् — may be/should be

• रुद्रमाहात्म्यसंयुतम्: connected with Rudra’s glory
• रुद्रमाहात्म्यसंयुतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रुद्र + माहात्म्य + संयुत (कृदन्त; सम्+√युज् धातु, क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; तत्पुरुष-समासः (रुद्रमाहात्म्येन संयुतम्) — endowed with the greatness of Rudra

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) — deduced (identifying Purāṇas by speakers and themes)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrim-oriented interlocutors/ṛṣis (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage-assembly at Prabhāsa: Vāyu as a divine speaker expounds dharma, while Rudra’s greatness is invoked; palm-leaf manuscripts and attentive ṛṣis frame the scene.

Characters & Entities

• Vāyu
• Śruta Kalpa
• Rudra
• Vāyavīya (Purāṇa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇas preserve dharma through divinely transmitted teachings, and Rudra’s glory is upheld as a central source of sanctifying power.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse occurs within Prabhāsa-kṣetra’s māhātmya narration, though it primarily explains the identity of the Vāyavīya Purāṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is prescribed; it describes the Vāyavīya Purāṇa as containing dharma teachings and Rudra-māhātmya.