Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

अष्टादशपुराणानां सारात्सारतरं च यत् । तदहं कथयिष्यामि भुक्तिमुक्तिफलप्रदम्

Transliteration

aṣṭādaśapurāṇānāṃ sārātsārataraṃ ca yat | tadahaṃ kathayiṣyāmi bhuktimuktiphalapradam

Translation

Ce qui est l’essence même—plus essentielle que l’essence—des dix-huit Purāṇa, je le raconterai : cela accorde les fruits de la prospérité terrestre et de la délivrance.

Word by Word

• aṣṭādaśapurāṇānām: of the eighteen Purāṇas
• aṣṭādaśapurāṇānām: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṣṭādaśa (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन; द्विगु-समासः: अष्टादश पुराणानि

• sārāt: from/than the essence
• sārāt: Apādāna (Standard of comparison)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन; तुलना-प्रयोगः

• sārataraṃ: more essential
• sārataraṃ: Karma (Object complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; तरप्-प्रत्यय (comparative)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/संयोजक)

• yat: which (that)
• yat: Sambandha (Relative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘यत्’ इत्यस्य प्रत्युत्तर (correlative)

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aham (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• kathayiṣyāmi: I shall narrate
• kathayiṣyāmi: Kriyā (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kath (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदी

• bhukti-mukti-phala-pradam: granting the fruits of enjoyment and liberation
• bhukti-mukti-phala-pradam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhukti (प्रातिपदिक) + mukti (प्रातिपदिक) + phala (प्रातिपदिक) + prada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः: भुक्तेः मुक्तेः च फलं प्रददाति इति (giving the fruits of enjoyment and liberation); ‘तत्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

Speaker

Prahlāda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: unspecified assembly (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Prahlāda proclaims the teaching as the quintessence of the eighteen Purāṇas; behind him, symbolic motifs of ‘18’ (manuscript bundles) and a subtle vision of Dvārakā’s golden city by the sea.

Characters & Entities

• Prahlāda
• Aṣṭādaśa Purāṇas (Eighteen Purāṇas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma can harmonize worldly well-being (bhukti) with the highest goal (mukti).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The instruction is embedded in Dvārakā Māhātmya, aligning the teaching with Dvārakā’s sacred prestige.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Not specified here; it announces a forthcoming core teaching.