Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

इति संक्षेपतः प्रोक्तस्तत्र श्राद्धविधिस्तव । अथ ते कथयिष्यामि इतिहासं पुरातनम्

Transliteration

iti saṃkṣepataḥ proktastatra śrāddhavidhistava | atha te kathayiṣyāmi itihāsaṃ purātanam

Translation

ດັ່ງນີ້ ໂດຍຫຍໍ້ ຂ້າໄດ້ກ່າວອະທິບາຍພິທີສຣາດທະຢູ່ທີ່ນັ້ນໃຫ້ເຈົ້າແລ້ວ. ບັດນີ້ ຂ້າຈະເລົ່າປະຫວັດສັກສິດໂບຮານ (itihāsa) ໃຫ້ເຈົ້າຟັງ.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इत्यादि-उपसंहारार्थक-निपात (indeclinable particle: thus/so)

• संक्षेपतः: briefly
• संक्षेपतः: Adhikarana (Manner/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: संक्षेप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तद्धितान्त-अव्यय; तसिल्-प्रत्यय (ablatival adverb)

• प्रोक्तः: has been stated
• प्रोक्तः: Karma (Predicate participle/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + वच् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्यय (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• श्राद्धविधिः: the rite/procedure of śrāddha
• श्राद्धविधिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध + विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (श्राद्धस्य विधिः); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तव: of you/for you
• तव: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी (genitive), एकवचन

• अथ: now/then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनन्तरार्थक-निपात (then/now)

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; चतुर्थी (dative), एकवचन

• कथयिष्यामि: I will narrate
• कथयिष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथय् (धातु, णिजन्त)
• Form: लृट् (simple future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• इतिहासम्: a legend/history
• इतिहासम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इतिहास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (accusative), एकवचन

• पुरातनम्: ancient
• पुरातनम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुरातन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: विशेषण; पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (इतिहासम् इति विशेष्यस्य)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; narrative transition marker)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage/narrator seated in a tīrtha-āśrama concludes the śrāddha procedure and gestures to begin an ancient tale; attentive listeners sit with folded hands, ritual items set aside.

Characters & Entities

• Śrāddha
• Itihāsa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic teaching pairs practice (ritual method) with story (itihāsa) so devotees grasp both rule and meaning.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The context remains Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the śrāddha procedure was just described.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śrāddha-vidhi is referenced as already taught; the speaker now begins an illustrative sacred history.