Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

नवमस्तस्य दायादस्तृणबिंदुरिति स्मृतः । त्रेतायुगमुखे राजा तृतीये संबभूव ह

Transliteration

navamastasya dāyādastṛṇabiṃduriti smṛtaḥ | tretāyugamukhe rājā tṛtīye saṃbabhūva ha

Translation

Le neuvième héritier de sa lignée est mémorisé sous le nom de Tṛṇabindu. À l’aube du Tretā-yuga, il devint roi dans le troisième (cycle).

Word by Word

• navamaḥ: the ninth
• navamaḥ: Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: navama (प्रातिपदिक; क्रमवाचक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (dāyādaḥ)

• tasya: of him/of that (one)
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• dāyādaḥ: heir/descendant
• dāyādaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dāyāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• tṛṇa-biṃduḥ: Tṛṇabindu (name)
• tṛṇa-biṃduḥ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tṛṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + biṃdu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (तृणस्य बिन्दुः)

• iti: thus
• iti: Discourse marker (Quotation/इति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरण/इति-निपात

• smṛtaḥ: is remembered/called
• smṛtaḥ: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: smṛta (कृदन्त; √smṛ)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त) used predicatively; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• tretā-yuga-mukhe: at the beginning of the Tretā-yuga
• tretā-yuga-mukhe: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tretā (प्रातिपदिक) + yuga (प्रातिपदिक) + mukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (त्रेतायुगस्य मुखे)

• rājā: king
• rājā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• tṛtīye: in the third (period)
• tṛtīye: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tṛtīya (प्रातिपदिक; क्रमवाचक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (tretāyugamukhe)

• saṃbabhūva: came to be/was born/appeared
• saṃbabhūva: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु) with saṃ-
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• ha: indeed
• ha: Discourse particle (Nipāta/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic/legendary particle)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A courtly genealogical tableau: a kingly figure (Tṛṇabindu) enthroned with sages recording lineage; a cosmic backdrop indicating the dawn of Tretā-yuga (subtle sun-rise, kalpa-wheel motifs).

Characters & Entities

• Tṛṇabindu
• Tretā-yuga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Lineage-memory (smṛti) preserves dharmic history; Purāṇas link rulers and epochs to convey cosmic order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra in the wider Māhātmya context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.