Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

ततस्तु वामनं नाम चतुर्दशतमं स्मृतम् । संख्यया दशसाहस्रं प्रोक्तं कुलपते पुरा

Transliteration

tatastu vāmanaṃ nāma caturdaśatamaṃ smṛtam | saṃkhyayā daśasāhasraṃ proktaṃ kulapate purā

Translation

Ensuite, le Purāṇa nommé Vāmana est tenu pour le quatorzième ; jadis, ô seigneur de la lignée, il fut déclaré compter dix mille vers.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then/thereafter
• tataḥ: Avyaya (Adverbial/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• tu: but/indeed
• tu: Avyaya (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (contrastive particle)

• vāmanam: the Vāmana (Purāṇa)
• vāmanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāmana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; (पुराणनाम)

• nāma: named/called
• nāma: Avyaya (Quotative/नाम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय-प्रयोगः (नाम-शब्दः ‘called’ अर्थे)

• caturdaśatamam: fourteenth
• caturdaśatamam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: caturdaśa (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + -tama (तमप् प्रत्यय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषणम् (14th)

• smṛtam: is remembered/held to be
• smṛtam: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √smṛ (स्मृ) (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि (is remembered/considered)

• saṃkhyayā: by number
• saṃkhyayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃkhyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• daśa-sāhasram: ten thousand
• daśa-sāhasram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daśa (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + sāhasra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; द्विगुसमासः (१०-सहस्रम्)

• proktam: has been stated
• proktam: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√vac (वच्) (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि (has been said)

• kulapate: O lord of the lineage
• kulapate: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kulapati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• purā: formerly/earlier
• purā: Avyaya (Adverbial/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: purā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced from Purāṇic cataloguing style within a Māhātmya context)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: kulapate (addressed lineage-lord)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A narrator in an āśrama recites the Purāṇa order; a subtle vignette shows Vāmana as a brahmacārin with umbrella and kamaṇḍalu, indicating the named Purāṇa without shifting the scene into full avatāra drama.

Characters & Entities

• Vāmana Purāṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It emphasizes reverence for the Purāṇic canon and the traditional transmission of sacred knowledge with recognized order and measure.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is directly praised in this verse; the passage functions as a scriptural catalogue within the Revā Khaṇḍa framework.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse records the name, sequence, and traditional verse-count of a Purāṇa.