Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

अन्यान्युपपुराणानि मुनिना कथितानि तु । तानि वः कथयिष्यामि संक्षेपादवधार्यताम्

Transliteration

anyānyupapurāṇāni muninā kathitāni tu | tāni vaḥ kathayiṣyāmi saṃkṣepādavadhāryatām

Translation

മുനിവരൻ മറ്റു പല ഉപപുരാണങ്ങളും ഉപദേശിച്ചിട്ടുണ്ട്. അവയെ ഞാൻ നിങ്ങളോട് സംക്ഷേപമായി പറയും—സാവധാനമായി ശ്രവിച്ച് ഹൃദയത്തിൽ ധരിക്കുവിൻ.

Word by Word

• अन्यानि: other
• अन्यानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• उपपुराणानि: minor Purāṇas
• उपपुराणानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: upa + purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (उप-पुराण = ‘subsidiary Purāṇa’)

• मुनिना: by the sage
• मुनिना: Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन

• कथितानि: told, narrated
• कथितानि: Karma (Predicative to object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kath (कथ् धातु)
• Form: कर्मणि-क्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), बहुवचन

• तु: but, indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (concessive/contrastive particle)

• तानि: those (things)
• तानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• वः: to you, for you
• वः: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी (6/4), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम; ‘of you/to you’

• कथयिष्यामि: I shall tell
• कथयिष्यामि: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kath (कथ् धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• संक्षेपात्: briefly, in summary
• संक्षेपात्: Adhikarana (Manner/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃkṣepa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन; अव्ययीभावार्थे (ablative of manner: ‘briefly’)

• अवधार्यताम्: let it be understood/ascertained
• अवधार्यताम्: Kriya (Injunctive/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ava + dhṛ (धृ धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive): ‘let it be ascertained/understood’

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa/Sūta narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage addresses attentive listeners, announcing he will summarize subsidiary Purāṇas; palm-leaf manuscripts and a calm hermitage setting evoke careful listening and preservation of tradition.

Characters & Entities

• Upapurāṇa
• Muni

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is preserved through layered traditions—major and subsidiary texts—requiring attentive listening and retention.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None directly; this is a transition to Upapurāṇa enumeration within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya discourse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it requests careful attention to the forthcoming summary.