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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 106

Devanagari script

पूर्वं यस्तु मनोस्तुल्यः सावर्णिस्तेन सोऽभवत् । यः सूर्यात्प्रथमं जातः पुत्रयोः सुरसुन्दरि

Transliteration

pūrvaṃ yastu manostulyaḥ sāvarṇistena so'bhavat | yaḥ sūryātprathamaṃ jātaḥ putrayoḥ surasundari

Translation

Ô belle jeune fille céleste, celui qui jadis était l’égal de Manu fut connu sous le nom de Sāvarṇi. Et celui qui naquit le premier du Soleil—parmi les deux fils—fut ainsi désigné.

Word by Word
पूर्वम्first, earlier
पूर्वम्:
Adhikarana (Temporal/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपूर्व (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय (कालवाचक) — indeclinable ‘formerly/first’
यःwho
यः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (१), एकवचन — masculine, nominative singular (relative pronoun)
तुindeed, but
तु:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (विरोध/विशेषार्थक निपात) — particle ‘but/indeed’
मनः-तुल्यःequal to Manu
मनः-तुल्यः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootमनु (प्रातिपदिक) + तुल्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (१), एकवचन — masculine, nominative singular; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (मनॊः तुल्यः) — ‘equal to Manu’
सावर्णिःSāvarṇi
सावर्णिः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसावर्णि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (१), एकवचन — masculine, nominative singular (proper name/epithet)
तेनby him; therefore
तेन:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (३), एकवचन — instrumental singular (‘by him/therefore’)
सःhe
सः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (१), एकवचन — masculine, nominative singular
अभवत्became
अभवत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
Formलङ् (अनद्यतनभूत/Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — 3rd person singular, imperfect, active
यःwho
यः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (१), एकवचन — masculine, nominative singular (relative pronoun)
सूर्यात्from the Sun
सूर्यात्:
Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootसूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (५), एकवचन — masculine, ablative singular
प्रथमम्first
प्रथमम्:
Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रथम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (२), एकवचन — neuter, accusative singular; क्रियाविशेषणवत् — used adverbially ‘first’
जातःborn
जातः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootजन् (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (१), एकवचन — past participle ‘born’
पुत्रयोःof the two sons
पुत्रयोः:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (६), द्विवचन — masculine, genitive dual
सुर-सुन्दरिO celestial beauty
सुर-सुन्दरि:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootसुर (प्रातिपदिक) + सुन्दरि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (८), एकवचन — feminine, vocative singular; समासः कर्मधारय (सुरा इव सुन्दरी) — ‘O heavenly beauty’
Speaker

Unspecified narrator (Purāṇic narration within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya; traditionally Sūta-style narration to sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: surasundarī (celestial maiden)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage-like narrator addresses a celestial maiden, naming Sāvarṇi and describing the first-born son of Sūrya, with a backdrop suggesting cosmic chronology—wheels of time and solar radiance.

Characters & Entities
M
Manu
S
Sāvarṇi
S
Sūrya

FAQs

Purāṇic lineages are presented to ground dharma in sacred history—showing how virtue and destiny shape names and roles.

The broader frame is Prabhāsakṣetra (Prabhāsa), though this verse itself focuses on lineage narration rather than a specific tīrtha-act.

None in this verse.

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