Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

तवापि विदिता देवि रेवत्यन्तास्तथा जने । कश्यपाय ददौ देवि स तु कन्यास्त्रयोदश

Transliteration

tavāpi viditā devi revatyantāstathā jane | kaśyapāya dadau devi sa tu kanyāstrayodaśa

Translation

Elles te sont connues aussi, ô Déesse, et parmi les hommes également—jusqu’à la dernière, Revatī. À Kaśyapa, ô Déesse, il donna treize filles.

Word by Word

• तव: to you/your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि-भाव (also)

• विदिताः: are known
• विदिताः: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विदित (कृदन्त; √विद्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle)

• देवि: O देवी
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• रेवती-अन्ताः: ending with Revatī
• रेवती-अन्ताः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रेवती (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; रेवती-पर्यन्त (ending with Revatī)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/प्रकारवाचक

• जने: among people/in the world
• जने: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• कश्यपाय: to Kaśyapa
• कश्यपाय: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कश्यप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative), एकवचन

• ददौ: gave
• ददौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• देवि: O देवी
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/विशेषार्थक (but/indeed)

• कन्याः: daughters
• कन्याः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), बहुवचन

• त्रयोदश: thirteen
• त्रयोदश: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि (प्रातिपदिक) + दश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), बहुवचन; द्विगु-समास (numeral compound)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced from Purāṇic māhātmya narration style within Prabhāsakhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A teaching scene: the narrator addressing Devī, with a star-map motif behind—nakṣatras labeled from Aśvinī to Revatī; Kāśyapa seated receiving thirteen daughters as luminous figures approaching in procession.

Characters & Entities

• Revatī
• Nakṣatras
• Kaśyapa
• Dakṣa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred knowledge is both revealed and culturally remembered; Purāṇic tradition links cosmic time (Nakṣatras) with dharmic lineage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra is the narrative frame; this verse functions as supporting cosmology within the site’s māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it supports calendrical-sacred context used in vrata timing and lunar observances.