Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 56

Devanagari script

इतिहासपुराणं च भूततंत्रं च गारुडम् । भैरवं च महातंत्रं कुलमार्गं द्विधा प्रिये

Transliteration

itihāsapurāṇaṃ ca bhūtataṃtraṃ ca gāruḍam | bhairavaṃ ca mahātaṃtraṃ kulamārgaṃ dvidhā priye

Translation

കൂടാതെ പ്രിയേ, അദ്ദേഹം ഇതിഹാസപുരാണം, ഭൂതതന്ത്രം, ഗാരുഡവിദ്യ, ഭൈരവം മുതലായ മഹാതന്ത്രങ്ങൾ, കുലമാർഗത്തിന്റെ ദ്വിവിധ വിഭാഗവും അറിയുന്നു।

Word by Word

• itihāsa-purāṇam: (the) Itihāsa and Purāṇa
• itihāsa-purāṇam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: itihāsa (प्रातिपदिक) + purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति (Nominative/Accusative), एकवचन (singular)

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

• bhūta-tantram: Bhūta-tantra (treatise on beings/spirits)
• bhūta-tantram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūta (प्रातिपदिक) + tantra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति (Nominative/Accusative), एकवचन (singular)

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

• gāruḍam: Gāruḍa (text/teaching of Garuḍa)
• gāruḍam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gāruḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति (Nominative/Accusative), एकवचन (singular)

• bhairavam: Bhairava (tantra/text)
• bhairavam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhairava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति (Nominative/Accusative), एकवचन (singular)

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

• mahā-tantram: the great tantra
• mahā-tantram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + tantra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति (Nominative/Accusative), एकवचन (singular)

• kula-mārgam: the Kula path
• kula-mārgam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kula (प्रातिपदिक) + mārga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति (Nominative/Accusative), एकवचन (singular)

• dvidhā: in two ways
• dvidhā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: dvidhā (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (adverb: 'in two ways')

• priye: O beloved
• priye: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: priyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), सम्बोधन विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (singular)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: priye (addressed beloved)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A panoramic ‘library’ vision: Itihāsa and Purāṇa scrolls on one side; on the other, yantras, tridents, and Bhairava/Kaula symbols—yet all illuminated by a single steady light of understanding.

Characters & Entities

• Itihāsa
• Purāṇa
• Gāruḍa
• Bhairava
• Tantra
• Kaula (Kula-mārga)
• Prabhāsakṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The tīrtha’s grace is portrayed as granting wide-ranging scriptural literacy across orthodox and tantric streams.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, within whose māhātmya such encyclopedic understanding is promised.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it continues enumerating the breadth of knowledge attained.