Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 109

Devanagari script

इममष्टादशानां तु पुराणानामनुक्रमम् । यः पठेद्धव्यकव्येषु स याति भवनं हरेः

Transliteration

imamaṣṭādaśānāṃ tu purāṇānāmanukramam | yaḥ paṭheddhavyakavyeṣu sa yāti bhavanaṃ hareḥ

Translation

Barang siapa melafalkan urutan delapan belas Purāṇa ini pada saat persembahan havya bagi para dewa dan kavya bagi leluhur, ia mencapai kediaman Hari (Viṣṇu).

Word by Word

• इमम्: this
• इमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन

• अष्टादशानाम्: of the eighteen
• अष्टादशानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अष्टादश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन; संख्यावाचक (of eighteen)

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

• पुराणानाम्: of the Purāṇas
• पुराणानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुराण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• अनुक्रमम्: sequence/listing
• अनुक्रमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुक्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-सर्वनाम

• पठेत्: should recite
• पठेत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पठ् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधि), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• हव्यकव्येषु: in (rites of) offerings to gods and ancestors
• हव्यकव्येषु: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हव्य + कव्य (प्रातिपदिक); समास
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (हव्यं च कव्यं च)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• याति: goes/attains
• याति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• भवनम्: abode
• भवनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• हरेः: of Hari (Viṣṇu)
• हरेः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A householder or priest recites the sequence of the eighteen Purāṇas during offerings: fire altar for devas and a śrāddha setting for ancestors; a vision of Hari’s abode as the promised fruit.

Characters & Entities

• Aṣṭādaśa Purāṇas
• Havya
• Kavya
• Hari (Viṣṇu)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred recitation, when integrated into Vedic-Purāṇic rites, becomes a vehicle of spiritual ascent and divine attainment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular tīrtha; the promised fruit is transcendental—attainment of Hari’s abode.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Recite the anukrama (sequence) of the eighteen Purāṇas during havya (deva-offerings) and kavya (pitṛ-offerings/śrāddha contexts).