Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 72

Devanagari script

गोप्ता धर्मस्य राजाऽसौ बभौ चात्रिसमप्रभः । अत्रिवंशसमुत्पन्नो ह्यंगो नाम प्रजापतिः

Transliteration

goptā dharmasya rājā'sau babhau cātrisamaprabhaḥ | atrivaṃśasamutpanno hyaṃgo nāma prajāpatiḥ

Translation

Ce roi devint le protecteur du dharma et resplendit tel Atri. De la lignée d’Atri naquit le Prajāpati nommé Aṅga.

Word by Word

• गोप्ता: protector
• गोप्ता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोप्तृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्तृवाचक-नाम (agent noun)

• धर्मस्य: of dharma
• धर्मस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

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

• असौ: that (he)
• असौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असद्/अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (demonstrative pronoun)

• बभौ: shone/was
• बभौ: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• अत्रि-सम-प्रभः: having radiance equal to Atri
• अत्रि-सम-प्रभः: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अत्रि (प्रातिपदिक) + सम (प्रातिपदिक/उपसर्गवत्) + प्रभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण; समासः—तत्पुरुष (उपमान-सम्बन्धः: अत्रिसमः प्रभः यस्य)

• अत्रि-वंश-समुत्पन्नः: born in Atri’s lineage
• अत्रि-वंश-समुत्पन्नः: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अत्रि (प्रातिपदिक) + वंश (प्रातिपदिक) + समुत्पन्न (कृदन्त, √उत्पद्/√पद्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त/क्तवत्-प्रायः ‘उत्पन्न’), विशेषण; समासः—तत्पुरुष (अत्रिवंशे समुत्पन्नः)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; emphasis/indeed)

• अङ्गः: Aṅga
• अङ्गः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; व्यक्तिनाम (proper noun)

• नाम: by name
• नाम: Sambandha (Apposition marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; नामनिर्देशक (quotative/‘by name’)

• प्रजापतिः: Prajāpati (progenitor)
• प्रजापतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजापति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; genealogical narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis (frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A righteous king stands with a protective posture, haloed with Atri-like radiance; behind him a subtle genealogical ‘tree’ motif indicating Atri lineage and the emergence of Prajāpati Aṅga.

Characters & Entities

• Atri
• Aṅga (Prajāpati)
• Dharma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇas frame spiritual instruction through righteous kingship: rulers are praised as guardians of dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The genealogy is part of the Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya narrative sequence, preparing the Vena–Pṛthu account.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse provides lineage context (vaṃśa-kathā) for the coming story.