Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

मन्वन्तरेषु सर्वेषु कल्पादिषु सुरेश्वरि । एष एव क्रमः प्रोक्तो विशेषं शृणु सांप्रतम्

Transliteration

manvantareṣu sarveṣu kalpādiṣu sureśvari | eṣa eva kramaḥ prokto viśeṣaṃ śṛṇu sāṃpratam

Translation

O Lady of the gods, in all Manvantaras and in the cycles beginning with the Kalpas, this very procedure has been taught. Now hear the special details at present.

Word by Word

• मन्वन्तरेषु: in the manvantaras
• मन्वन्तरेषु: Adhikarana (Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्वन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन

• सर्वेषु: in all
• सर्वेषु: Visheshana (Adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन; विशेषणम्

• कल्पादिषु: in kalpas etc.
• कल्पादिषु: Adhikarana (Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्प + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन; कल्प-आदि-शब्देषु/विषयेषु (‘in kalpas and the like’)

• सुरेश्वरि: O goddess, ruler of the gods
• सुरेश्वरि: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुरेश्वरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन; सुराणाम् ईश्वरी

• एषः: this
• एषः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Emphasis (Nipata)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपात (restrictive/emphatic particle)

• क्रमः: procedure/sequence
• क्रमः: Karta (Subject complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• प्रोक्तः: has been declared
• प्रोक्तः: Karta (Predicate; stated)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र√वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• विशेषम्: the special (detail)
• विशेषम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• शृणु: hear/listen
• शृणु: Kriya (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन

• सांप्रतम्: now
• सांप्रतम्: Kala-adhikarana (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सांप्रतम् (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time): ‘now/at present’

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sureśvarī (Lady of the gods)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cosmic teaching tableau: the speaker gestures to concentric cycles labeled Kalpa and Manvantara, then points back to a ritual pavilion at Prabhāsa, indicating ‘same krama, special details now’.

Characters & Entities

• Sureśvarī
• Manvantara
• Kalpa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Puranic dharma is portrayed as timeless—valid across cosmic ages—yet adaptable through specific instructions.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader discourse belongs to Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya, centered on Prabhāsa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It introduces that a fixed ‘krama’ (procedure) exists and that special details will follow.