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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

प्रतीपस्तत्सुतः साधुः सर्वशीलवतां वरः । देवापौ च गते स्वर्गं ज्येष्ठभ्रातरमग्रजम् । संत्यक्त्वा जगृहे राज्यं शंतनुस्तत्सुतोऽवरः

Transliteration

pratīpastatsutaḥ sādhuḥ sarvaśīlavatāṃ varaḥ | devāpau ca gate svargaṃ jyeṣṭhabhrātaramagrajam | saṃtyaktvā jagṛhe rājyaṃ śaṃtanustatsuto'varaḥ

Translation

「その子はプラティーパ、徳高き人で、善き行いの者たちの中でも最上であった。やがて長兄デーヴァーピが天界へ赴くと、プラティーパの末子シャンタヌは、兄を差し置いて王権を受け継いだ。」

Word by Word
pratīpaḥPratīpa
pratīpaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootpratīpa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
tat-sutaḥhis son
tat-sutaḥ:
Apposition (सम्बन्ध/विशेष्य)
TypeNoun
Roottat (तद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + suta (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी): तस्य सुतः; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
sādhuḥvirtuous
sādhuḥ:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsādhu (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
sarva-śīlavatāmof all the well-conducted (people)
sarva-śīlavatām:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक) + śīlavat (प्रातिपदिक)
Formकर्मधारय-समास: सर्वे च ते शीलवन्तः; पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन
varaḥthe best
varaḥ:
Karta (Predicate nominative/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootvara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
devāpau(the two) Devāpis
devāpau:
Karta (Subject of participle/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdevāpi (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, द्विवचन (dual)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, समुच्चय (and)
gatehaving gone
gate:
Kriya (Participial predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootgam (गम् धातु)
Formक्त (past passive participle), प्रथमा/द्वितीया, द्विवचन; ‘गते’ = having gone
svargamto heaven
svargam:
Gati/Karma (Goal/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootsvarga (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
jyeṣṭha-bhrātaramthe eldest brother
jyeṣṭha-bhrātaram:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootjyeṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक) + bhrātṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formकर्मधारय-समास: ज्येष्ठः भ्राता; पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
agrajamelder/first-born
agrajam:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootagraja (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘ज्येष्ठभ्रातरम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्
saṃtyaktvāhaving renounced
saṃtyaktvā:
Kriya (Non-finite verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootsam-tyaj (सम्+त्यज् धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having abandoned)
jagṛhetook/accepted
jagṛhe:
Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootgrah (ग्रह् धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद
rājyamthe kingdom
rājyam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootrājya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
śaṃtanuḥŚaṃtanu
śaṃtanuḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootśaṃtanu (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
tat-sutaḥhis son
tat-sutaḥ:
Apposition (सम्बन्ध/विशेष्य)
TypeNoun
Roottat (तद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + suta (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी): तस्य सुतः; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
avaraḥthe younger
avaraḥ:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootavara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘शंतनुः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्
Speaker

Indra (Śakra)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (addressed as) king (māhīpati)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A courtly genealogical tableau: Pratīpa as an aged righteous king; Devāpi as the elder renouncer ascending; Śaṃtanu, youthful and resolute, receiving the royal insignia while the elder’s claim is set aside—an undercurrent of cosmic unease hinted by parched land in the background.

Characters & Entities
I
Indra (Śakra)
D
Devāpi
P
Pratīpa
Ś
Śaṃtanu
S
Svarga

FAQs

Dynastic order and succession are portrayed as dharma-sensitive; disruptions in rightful order can ripple into wider cosmic and social consequences.

None directly; this verse provides genealogical background within the Arbuda Khaṇḍa narrative.

No ritual is prescribed; the focus is on royal genealogy and the dharmic implications of succession.

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