Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 51

Devanagari script

भविष्ये नारदोक्तं च सूरिभिः कथितं पुरा । कापिलं मानवं चैव तथैवोशनसेरितम्

Transliteration

bhaviṣye nāradoktaṃ ca sūribhiḥ kathitaṃ purā | kāpilaṃ mānavaṃ caiva tathaivośanaseritam

Translation

ഭവിഷ്യപുരാണത്തിൽ ഇത് നാരദൻ ഉച്ചരിച്ചതായി, പണ്ടുകാലത്ത് ഋഷിമാർ വിവരിച്ചതായും പറയുന്നു. അതുപോലെ കാപിലം, മാനവം, ഉശനസ് ഉപദേശിച്ചതും പരാമർശിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• bhaviṣye: in the future (Bhaviṣya Purāṇa)
• bhaviṣye: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhaviṣya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; अधिकरण (locative)

• nāradoktam: spoken by Nārada
• nāradoktam: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nārada (प्रातिपदिक) + ukta (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (‘नारदस्य उक्तम्’); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त √vac (वच्) ‘to say’

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

• sūribhiḥ: by sages/learned ones
• sūribhiḥ: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūri (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; करण/कर्तृसहायक (instrumental/agentive)

• kathitam: told/narrated
• kathitam: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kathita (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त √kath (कथ्) ‘to tell’

• purā: formerly
• purā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: purā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb: formerly)

• kāpilam: (the) Kāpila
• kāpilam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāpila (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; नाम (title-name)

• mānavam: (the) Mānava
• mānavam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; नाम (title-name)

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

• eva: indeed/also
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक निपात (particle of emphasis)

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (adverb: thus/likewise)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक निपात (particle of emphasis)

• uśanasa: of Uśanas (Śukra)
• uśanasa: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: uśanas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• īritam: uttered/propounded
• īritam: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: īrita (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त √īr (ईर्) ‘to utter/impel’

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sages/assembly

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A lineage tableau: Nārada with vīṇā, Kapila in ascetic orange, Manu as lawgiver-king, and Uśanas (Śukra) as preceptor, all symbolically ‘handing down’ a scroll of teachings to sages.

Characters & Entities

• Bhaviṣya Purāṇa
• Nārada
• Uśanas (Śukra)
• Kāpila (Upapurāṇa)
• Mānava (Upapurāṇa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It portrays Purāṇic wisdom as a multi-lineage heritage, preserved through revered teachers like Nārada and Uśanas and affirmed by sages.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named in this verse; it continues the Upapurāṇa lineage catalogue.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is concerned with attribution and naming of texts.