Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

प्रणष्टद्रव्यता यस्य स्मरणान्न भवेन्नृणाम् । चतुर्युगे त्वतिक्रांते मनौ ह्येकादशे प्रभौ

Transliteration

praṇaṣṭadravyatā yasya smaraṇānna bhavennṛṇām | caturyuge tvatikrāṃte manau hyekādaśe prabhau

Translation

Par son seul souvenir, les hommes ne subissaient aucune perte de biens. Quand les quatre yuga furent passés, au onzième Manu, parut le Puissant.

Word by Word

• praṇaṣṭa-dravyatā: loss of wealth/property
• praṇaṣṭa-dravyatā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: praṇaṣṭa (कृदन्त, √naś) + dravyatā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (प्रणष्टस्य द्रव्यस्य ता)

• yasya: of whom/whose
• yasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• smaraṇāt: from (the) remembrance
• smaraṇāt: Apadana (Source/Cause/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: smaraṇa (प्रातिपदिक; √smṛ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Modifier (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negative particle)

• bhavet: would occur/become
• bhavet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• nṛṇām: of men/people
• nṛṇām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• catur-yuge: in the four-yuga cycle
• catur-yuge: Adhikarana (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: catur (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + yuga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः (चत्वारि युगानि यस्मिन्)

• tu: but/indeed
• tu: Discourse particle (Nipāta/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/अन्वयार्थक-निपात (but/indeed)

• atikrānte: when (it) had passed
• atikrānte: Adhikarana (Temporal qualifier/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: atikrānta (कृदन्त; √kram with ati-)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (caturyuge)

• manau: in (the reign of) Manu
• manau: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• hi: indeed/for
• hi: Discourse particle (Nipāta/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphasis/for)

• ekādaśe: in the eleventh
• ekādaśe: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekādaśa (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषणम् (manau)

• prabhau: in/under the lord (Prabhu)
• prabhau: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A symbolic scene: merchants and householders safeguarded as they remember the mighty exemplar; above them, a cosmic clock of yugas and the eleventh Manu cycle indicated by celestial wheels and manuscript-like time markers.

Characters & Entities

• Manu (11th)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Remembrance of a great dharmic figure is said to confer protection; devotion and memory are portrayed as spiritually efficacious.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra in the surrounding Māhātmya, though this verse mentions manvantara chronology.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied practice of smaraṇa (devotional remembrance), not a detailed ritual.