Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

व्यासेन मे समाख्यातं भवद्भ्योऽहं प्रकीर्तये

Transliteration

vyāsena me samākhyātaṃ bhavadbhyo'haṃ prakīrtaye

Translation

വ്യാസൻ എനിക്ക് സമ്യകമായി വിശദീകരിച്ചതിനെ തന്നെയാണ് ഞാൻ ഇപ്പോൾ നിങ്ങളോടു പ്രഖ്യാതമായി പ്രസ്താവിക്കുന്നത്।

Word by Word

• व्यासेन: by Vyāsa
• व्यासेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Instrumental singular

• मे: to me / of me
• मे: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी-एकवचन (enclitic); Genitive/Dative singular ‘of/to me’

• समाख्यातम्: told/related
• समाख्यातम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-ख्या (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; past passive participle ‘told/declared’

• भवद्भ्यः: to you (all)
• भवद्भ्यः: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम-प्रयोग)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान), बहुवचन; Ablative plural (polite ‘you’)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular

• प्रकीर्तये: I proclaim/recite
• प्रकीर्तये: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-कीर्तय् (धातु; कीर्तयति)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; Present indicative 1st sg

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis/assembly of hearers (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A narrator (Sūta-like figure) seated before an assembly of sages, holding a manuscript, declaring: ‘As Vyāsa taught me, so I proclaim to you’—a solemn commencement of sacred storytelling.

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True narration is rooted in received tradition—Sūta recites as a faithful transmitter of Vyāsa’s teaching.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The narration pertains to Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya; this verse functions as the narrator’s authentication rather than site-description.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a statement of source and intent to recite.