Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

कश्यपस्य प्रवक्ष्यामि सन्ततिं वरवर्णिनि । अंशो धाता भगस्त्वष्टा मित्रोऽथ वरुणो र्यमा

Transliteration

kaśyapasya pravakṣyāmi santatiṃ varavarṇini | aṃśo dhātā bhagastvaṣṭā mitro'tha varuṇo ryamā

Translation

Oh dama de bello semblante, declararé la descendencia de Kaśyapa: Aṃśa, Dhātā, Bhaga, Tvaṣṭṛ, Mitra, Varuṇa y Aryamā.

Word by Word

• कश्यपस्य: of Kaśyapa
• कश्यपस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कश्यप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्रवक्ष्यामि: I will tell
• प्रवक्ष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + वच् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सन्ततिम्: progeny/lineage
• सन्ततिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सन्तति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• वरवर्णिनि: O fair-complexioned one
• वरवर्णिनि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरवर्णिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative/8th), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (vara-varṇinī = of excellent complexion)

• अंशः: Aṃśa
• अंशः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अंश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• धाता: Dhātā
• धाता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• भगः: Bhaga
• भगः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• त्वष्टा: Tvaṣṭā
• त्वष्टा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वष्टृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मित्रः: Mitra
• मित्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अथ: then/and next
• अथ: Discourse particle (अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम/आरम्भ-बोधक (then/now)

• वरुणः: Varuṇa
• वरुणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• र्यमा: Aryamā
• र्यमा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्यमा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa Māhātmya dialogic style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Varavarṇinī (unnamed female interlocutor)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage-narrator evokes Kaśyapa’s lineage before a noble lady (varavarṇinī), with seven radiant deities appearing as symbolic presences: Dhātā with scroll/creation motif, Bhaga with cornucopia, Tvaṣṭṛ with artisan tools, Mitra with clasped hands, Varuṇa with noose and ocean, Aryamā with royal/ancestral insignia, Aṃśa with solar ray emblem.

Characters & Entities

• Kaśyapa
• Aṃśa
• Dhātā
• Bhaga
• Tvaṣṭṛ
• Mitra
• Varuṇa
• Aryamā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Reverence for cosmic order (ṛta) is strengthened by remembering the divine administrators born in sacred lineages.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra (Prabhāsa), whose māhātmya frames these genealogies as part of sacred remembrance.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated; the passage functions as sacred recitation/remembering of divine names and lineages.