Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 80

Devanagari script

पाद्मे पुराणे यत्प्रोक्तं नारसिंहोपवर्णनम् । तच्चाष्टादशसाहस्रं नारसिंहमिहोच्यते

Transliteration

pādme purāṇe yatproktaṃ nārasiṃhopavarṇanam | taccāṣṭādaśasāhasraṃ nārasiṃhamihocyate

Translation

പദ്മപുരാണത്തിൽ പ്രസ്താവിച്ച നരസിംഹോപവൃത്താന്തം അഷ്ടാദശ സഹസ്ര (ശ്ലോക) പരിമാണമുള്ളത്; ഇവിടെ അതിനെ ‘നാരസിംഹ’ (പുരാണം/ഖണ്ഡം) എന്നു വിളിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• पाद्मे: in the Padma (Purāṇa)
• पाद्मे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाद्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; विशेषणरूपेण ‘पुराणे’ इति पदस्य

• पुराणे: in the Purāṇa
• पुराणे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुराण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• यत्: which (that)
• यत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचकं (relative pronoun)

• प्रोक्तम्: said, stated
• प्रोक्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र + वच् (धातु) → प्रोक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘यत्’ इति पदस्य विशेषणम्

• नारसिंह-उपवर्णनम्: the description of Narasiṃha
• नारसिंह-उपवर्णनम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारसिंह (प्रातिपदिक) + उपवर्णन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (नारसिंहस्य उपवर्णनम्)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अन्वयार्थे (that)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• अष्टादशसाहस्रम्: eighteen-thousand (in extent)
• अष्टादशसाहस्रम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टादश (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + साहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः (अष्टादश सहस्राणि यस्य) — परिमाणवाचकं

• नारसिंहम्: (the text called) Nārasiṃha
• नारसिंहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारसिंह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ग्रन्थनामरूपेण

• इह: here
• इह: Desha-Adhikarana (Locative sense/देश-अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• उच्यते: is called / is said
• उच्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), कर्मणि-प्रयोग, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (deduced)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A manuscript scene where sages reference the Padma Purāṇa’s Narasiṃha narration; in a visionary overlay, Narasiṃha emerges—lion-faced, radiant—signifying the devotional core of the cited text.

Characters & Entities

• Narasiṃha
• Padma Purāṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine manifestations like Narasiṃha are preserved across Purāṇic corpora; naming and measure safeguard faithful transmission.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse sits within Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya but does not directly praise a single tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it identifies a Narasiṃha-focused Purāṇic narration and its traditional extent.