Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

अदितिश्च दितिश्चैव विनता कद्रुरेव च । सिंहिका सुप्रभा चैव उलूकी या वरानने

Transliteration

aditiśca ditiścaiva vinatā kadrureva ca | siṃhikā suprabhā caiva ulūkī yā varānane

Translation

ອະດິຕິ ແລະ ດິຕິ ແທ້ໆ, ວິນະຕາ ແລະ ກັດຣູ ດ້ວຍ. ອີກທັງ ສິງຫິກາ, ສຸປຣະພາ, ແລະ ອຸລູກີ—ໂອ ຜູ້ມີໃບໜ້າງາມ, ເຫຼົ່ານີ້ລ້ວນຢູ່ໃນຈໍານວນນັ້ນ.

Word by Word

• अदितिः: Aditi
• अदितिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अदिति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• दितिः: Diti
• दितिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपात (particle of emphasis)

• विनता: Vinata
• विनता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विनता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• कद्रुः: Kadru
• कद्रुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कद्रु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपात (particle of emphasis)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• सिंहिका: Siṃhikā
• सिंहिका: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिंहिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• सुप्रभा: Suprabhā
• सुप्रभा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुप्रभा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपात (particle of emphasis)

• उलूकी: Ulūkī
• उलूकी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उलूकी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• या: who/which (f.)
• या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• वरानने: O fair-faced one
• वरानने: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरानना (प्रातिपदिक: वर + आनना)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (8th/Vocative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (वरम् आननम् यस्याः)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced from Purāṇic māhātmya narration style within Prabhāsakhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (varānane)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A hermitage scene with sage Kāśyapa; around him stand the principal wives as archetypal mothers: Aditi radiant and sattvic; Diti more fierce; Vinatā with bird motifs; Kadrū with serpent motifs; Siṃhikā shadowy-luminous; Suprabhā glowing; Ulūkī with owl emblem—each indicating the progeny class they generate.

Characters & Entities

• Aditi
• Diti
• Vinatā
• Kadrū
• Siṃhikā
• Suprabhā
• Ulūkī
• Kaśyapa
• Dakṣa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇas map moral and cosmic diversity through lineages—multiple currents of beings arise within a single dharmic cosmos.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra remains the overarching frame; the verse itself is a lineage-catalogue passage.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is nominative genealogy supporting broader Purāṇic teaching.