Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 75

Devanagari script

जामदग्न्यस्तथा षष्ठो विश्वामित्रपुरःसरः । चतुर्विंशे युगे रामो वसिष्ठेन पुरोधसा

Transliteration

jāmadagnyastathā ṣaṣṭho viśvāmitrapuraḥsaraḥ | caturviṃśe yuge rāmo vasiṣṭhena purodhasā

Translation

La sixième incarnation fut Jāmadagnya (Paraśurāma), avec Viśvāmitra à l’avant. Au vingt-quatrième yuga naquit Rāma, Vasiṣṭha servant comme prêtre royal.

Word by Word

• जामदग्न्यः: Jāmadagnya (Paraśurāma)
• जामदग्न्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जामदग्न्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• तथा: also; thus
• तथा: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकारवाचक/समुच्चयार्थक (adverb/particle: ‘thus/also’)

• षष्ठः: the sixth
• षष्ठः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रमवाचक-विशेषण, पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• विश्वामित्र-पुरःसरः: having Viśvāmitra as the forerunner/leader
• विश्वामित्र-पुरःसरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वामित्र (प्रातिपदिक) + पुरःसर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (विश्वामित्रस्य पुरःसरः), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• चतुर्विंशे: in the twenty-fourth
• चतुर्विंशे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्विंश (संख्याप्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक-विशेषण, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; qualifies युगे

• युगे: in the age/cycle
• युगे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• रामः: Rāma
• रामः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• वसिष्ठेन: with/by Vasiṣṭha
• वसिष्ठेन: Saha/Instrument (Association/सह or करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसिष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• पुरोधसा: as (his) priest; with the chaplain
• पुरोधसा: Saha/Instrument (Association/सह or करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरोधस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; appositional instrumental ‘as priest’

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) speaking to the sages (deduced from Purāṇic māhātmya narration style within Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Split-panel chronicle: on one side Paraśurāma (Jāmadagnya) with axe, with Viśvāmitra as the prominent rishi; on the other side Rāma of Ayodhyā with bow, with Vasiṣṭha as royal priest, both set against a subtle Prabhāsa coastal sanctity backdrop.

Characters & Entities

• Jāmadagnya (Paraśurāma)
• Viśvāmitra
• Rāma
• Vasiṣṭha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is safeguarded in every age through divinely guided leaders and sages who uphold right order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader context is the glorification of Prabhāsa-kṣetra, even when the verse itself lists yuga-incarnations.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual (snāna/dāna/japa) is stated in this verse; it is doctrinal-historical enumeration.