Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

देवलो भगवान्योगी प्रत्यूषस्याभवन्सुताः । बृहस्पतेस्तु भगिनी भुवना ब्रह्मवादिनी

Transliteration

devalo bhagavānyogī pratyūṣasyābhavansutāḥ | bṛhaspatestu bhaginī bhuvanā brahmavādinī

Translation

Le yogin bienheureux Devala naquit comme fils de Pratyūṣa. Et Bhuvanā —sœur de Bṛhaspati— était une annonciatrice du Brahman, connaisseuse de la vérité sacrée.

Word by Word

• देवलः: Devala
• देवलः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• भगवान्: venerable/divine
• भगवान्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• योगी: yogi
• योगी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योगिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• प्रत्यूषस्य: of Pratyūṣa
• प्रत्यूषस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रत्यूष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• अभवन्: were/occurred
• अभवन्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• सुताः: sons/children
• सुताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• बृहस्पतेः: of Bṛhaspati
• बृहस्पतेः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बृहस्पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), विरोध/विशेषार्थक

• भगिनी: sister
• भगिनी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• भुवना: Bhuvanā
• भुवना: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भुवना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ब्रह्मवादिनी: expounder of Brahman (Vedic doctrine)
• ब्रह्मवादिनी: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ब्रह्म + वादिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (determinative: 'speaker of Brahman/veda')

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Inquirer/disciple figure

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devala, serene yogin, seated in meditation near a sacred grove by the Prabhāsa coast; Bhuvanā, a learned woman-sage, recites brahma-vāda beside a veena-like scholarly setting, with disciples listening.

Characters & Entities

• Devala
• Pratyūṣa
• Bṛhaspati
• Bhuvanā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holiness is transmitted through both divine and sage lineages—yoga (Devala) and brahma-vāda (Bhuvanā) are shown as inhering in sacred descent.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra is the contextual sacred landscape; this verse highlights saintly and divine connections rather than a specific tirtha-spot.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.