Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

पुराणानि दशाष्टौ च सांप्रतं तदिहोच्यते । नामतस्तानि वक्ष्यामि संख्यां च मुनिसत्तमाः

Transliteration

purāṇāni daśāṣṭau ca sāṃprataṃ tadihocyate | nāmatastāni vakṣyāmi saṃkhyāṃ ca munisattamāḥ

Translation

अब यहाँ अठारह पुराणों का वर्णन किया जाता है। हे मुनिश्रेष्ठो! मैं उनके नाम और उनकी श्लोक-संख्या भी कहूँगा।

Word by Word

• पुराणानि: Purāṇas
• पुराणानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: purāṇa (पुराण, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), बहुवचन (Plural)

• दश: ten
• दश: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: daśa (दश, संख्यावाचक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्याशब्द (numeral used indeclinably)

• अष्टौ: eight
• अष्टौ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṣṭa (अष्ट, संख्याप्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), द्विवचन (Dual) (numeral form)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (च, अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• सांप्रतम्: at present
• सांप्रतम्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sāṃprata (सांप्रतम्, प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभावार्थ)
• Form: अव्यय, कालवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb): ‘at present/now’

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद्, सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular)

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iha (इह, अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• उच्यते: is said; is stated
• उच्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (वच्, धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)

• नामतः: by name
• नामतः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāmatas (नामतः, अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकार/हेतुवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण: ‘by name/according to names’

• तानि: those (things)
• तानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद्, सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• वक्ष्यामि: I will tell
• वक्ष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (वच्, धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (Singular)

• संख्याम्: the number
• संख्याम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃkhyā (संख्या, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (च, अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• मुनिसत्तमाः: O best of sages
• मुनिसत्तमाः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (मुनि, प्रातिपदिक) + sattama (सत्तम, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural); संबोधनार्थे प्रयोगः (used as address though nominative form)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) speaking to the sages (contextual attribution)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Muni-sattamāḥ

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A teacher-sage announces the forthcoming list of the eighteen Purāṇas, with attentive sages and visible manuscript bundles labeled by tradition.

Characters & Entities

• Eighteen Purāṇas
• Munis (sages)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is supported by ordered learning—knowing the Purāṇas by name and measure strengthens study and transmission.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The larger section glorifies Prabhāsa Kṣetra; this verse introduces a catalog of Purāṇas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a textual roadmap for learners.