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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

神々と祖霊（ピトリ）への供物の折に、この十八プラーナの次第を誦する者は、ハリ（ヴィシュヌ）の住処に至る。

Word by Word
इमम्this
इमम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन
अष्टादशानाम्of the eighteen
अष्टादशानाम्:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootअष्टादश (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन; संख्यावाचक (of eighteen)
तुindeed/but
तु:
Sambandha (Discourse particle/तु)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formविरोध/विशेषार्थक-अव्यय (particle: but/indeed)
पुराणानाम्of the Purāṇas
पुराणानाम्:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootपुराण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन
अनुक्रमम्sequence/listing
अनुक्रमम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootअनुक्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
यःwho
यः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-सर्वनाम
पठेत्should recite
पठेत्:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootपठ् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative/विधि), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन
हव्यकव्येषुin (rites of) offerings to gods and ancestors
हव्यकव्येषु:
Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootहव्य + कव्य (प्रातिपदिक); समास
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (हव्यं च कव्यं च)
सःhe
सः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
यातिgoes/attains
याति:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootया (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन
भवनम्abode
भवनम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootभवन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
हरेःof Hari (Viṣṇu)
हरेः:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootहरि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, 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
A
Aṣṭādaśa Purāṇas
H
Havya
K
Kavya
H
Hari (Viṣṇu)

FAQs

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

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

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

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