Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

मन्वन्तरप्रमाणं च ब्रह्माण्डस्य च विस्तरः । ज्योतिश्चक्रस्वरूपं च यथावदनुवर्णितम्

Transliteration

manvantarapramāṇaṃ ca brahmāṇḍasya ca vistaraḥ | jyotiścakrasvarūpaṃ ca yathāvadanuvarṇitam

Translation

നിങ്ങൾ മന്വന്തരങ്ങളുടെ പ്രമാണവും ബ്രഹ്മാണ്ഡത്തിന്റെ വ്യാപ്തിയും, ജ്യോതിശ്ചക്രത്തിന്റെ യഥാർത്ഥ സ്വരൂപവും യഥാവിധി വിവരിച്ചു।

Word by Word

• मन्वन्तरप्रमाणम्: the measure of the Manvantaras
• मन्वन्तरप्रमाणम्: Karman/Viṣaya (Topic/विषय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्वन्तर-प्रमाण (प्रातिपदिक; मन्वन्तर + प्रमाण)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular ‘measure/extent of Manvantaras’

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• ब्रह्माण्डस्य: of the universe
• ब्रह्माण्डस्य: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्माण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Genitive singular ‘of the cosmic egg/universe’

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• विस्तरः: the extent/detail
• विस्तरः: Karman/Viṣaya (Topic/विषय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विस्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular ‘expanse/detail’

• ज्योतिः: light/luminous
• ज्योतिः: Pūrvapada (Compound member/पूर्वपद)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्योतिस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular; first member in compound

• चक्रस्वरूपम्: the nature/form of the wheel (of luminaries)
• चक्रस्वरूपम्: Karman/Viṣaya (Topic/विषय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्र-स्वरूप (प्रातिपदिक; चक्र + स्वरूप)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular; with previous word forms compound sense ‘form of the wheel of lights’

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• यथावत्: properly
• यथावत्: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb) ‘properly, in due manner’

• अनुवर्णितम्: has been described
• अनुवर्णितम्: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु+वर्ण् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Predicate with implied ‘(it) is described’

Speaker

The sages (Śaunaka and others)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sūta

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sūta’s narration evokes a cosmic diagram: the brahmāṇḍa as an egg-like sphere, concentric realms, and a radiant wheel of sun, moon, and planets turning in orderly paths, while sages listen in awe.

Characters & Entities

• Manvantara
• Brahmāṇḍa
• Jyotiścakra (astral wheel)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic teaching links devotion to a cosmic vision—time cycles, universe structure, and divine order in the heavens.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None directly; this is a cosmological summary within the chapter’s closing dialogue.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it acknowledges correct exposition of cosmological topics.