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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

देव्युवाच । भगवन्भार्गवे वंशे यस्त्वौर्वः कथितस्त्वया । वैवस्वतेंऽतरे चास्मिंस्तस्योत्पत्तिं वद प्रभो

Transliteration

devyuvāca | bhagavanbhārgave vaṃśe yastvaurvaḥ kathitastvayā | vaivasvateṃ'tare cāsmiṃstasyotpattiṃ vada prabho

Translation

La Déesse dit : Ô Seigneur, tu as parlé d’Aaurva dans la lignée des Bhārgava, et dans ce Manvantara de Vaivasvata. Dis-moi, ô Maître, comment il naquit.

Word by Word
devīthe goddess
devī:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdevī (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
uvācasaid
uvāca:
Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√vac (वच्)
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
bhagavanO Lord
bhagavan:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootbhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन
bhārgaveO Bhārgava (descendant of Bhṛgu)
bhārgave:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootbhārgava (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन
vaṃśein the lineage
vaṃśe:
Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootvaṃśa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन
yaḥwho
yaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)
tuindeed, but
tu:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अवधान/विरोधसूचक (particle: but/indeed)
aurvaḥAurva (name)
aurvaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootaurva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
kathitaḥwas narrated
kathitaḥ:
Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootkathita (कृदन्त; √kath कथ्)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्यय; कर्मणि; 'was told'
tvayāby you
tvayā:
Karaṇa (Agent-in-passive/करण)
TypeNoun
Roottvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन
vaivasvatein the Vaivasvata (Manu's)
vaivasvate:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootvaivasvata (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषण (to 'antare')
antarein the interval/period
antare:
Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootantara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन
caand
ca:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)
asminin this
asmin:
Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootidam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
tasyaof him/of that
tasya:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन
utpattimbirth, origin
utpattim:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootutpatti (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
vadatell, speak
vada:
Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√vad (वद्)
Formलोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
prabhoO lord
prabho:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootprabhu (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन
Speaker

Devī (Pārvatī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A goddess respectfully questions Īśvara about the wondrous birth of Aūrva in the Bhārgava lineage during the Vaivasvata Manvantara; a calm, courtly dialogue scene framed by sacred coastal ambience of Prabhāsa.

Characters & Entities
D
Devī
A
Aaurva
B
Bhārgava lineage
V
Vaivasvata Manvantara

FAQs

Reverent inquiry into sacred history is honored in Purāṇas; questions asked with devotion open the way to dharma-teachings.

The dialogue occurs within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya, embedding the sage’s story in Prabhāsa’s sacred frame.

None; it initiates the upākhyāna (explanatory narrative) of Aaurva’s origin.

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