Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

विभीषणं चतुर्थं च कैकस्यजनयत्सुतान् । मनोहरः प्रहस्तश्च महापार्श्वः खरस्तथा

Transliteration

vibhīṣaṇaṃ caturthaṃ ca kaikasyajanayatsutān | manoharaḥ prahastaśca mahāpārśvaḥ kharastathā

Translation

കൈകസി നാലാമത്തെ പുത്രനായി വിഭീഷണനെ പ്രസവിച്ചു; കൂടാതെ മനോഹരൻ, പ്രഹസ്തൻ, മഹാപാർശ്വൻ, ഖരൻ എന്നിവരും ജനിച്ചു।

Word by Word

• विभीषणम्: Vibhīṣaṇa
• विभीषणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभीषण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• चतुर्थम्: the fourth
• चतुर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (विभीषणम् इति)

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

• कैकस्य: of Kaikasa
• कैकस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कैकस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• अजनयत्: begot / produced
• अजनयत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जन् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सुतान्: sons
• सुतान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• मनोहरः: Manohara (name)
• मनोहरः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनोहर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), एकवचन

• प्रहस्तः: Prahasta (name)
• प्रहस्तः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रहस्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

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

• महापार्श्वः: Mahāpārśva (name)
• महापार्श्वः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महापार्श्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (महान् + पार्श्वः)

• खरः: Khara (name)
• खरः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: खर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तथा: likewise / also
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb/particle: ‘also/likewise’)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa Māhātmya discourse style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A genealogical tableau: Kaikasī as mother, with four brothers indicated—Rāvaṇa, Kumbhakarṇa, Śūrpaṇakhā, and Vibhīṣaṇa—while other rākṣasa chiefs (Prahasta, Mahāpārśva, Khara, Manohara) appear as emblematic figures around a family-tree motif.

Characters & Entities

• Kaikasī
• Vibhīṣaṇa
• Manohara
• Prahasta
• Mahāpārśva
• Khara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Within the same lineage, dharma and adharma can diverge—Vibhīṣaṇa stands as the archetype of choosing righteousness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra serves as the sacred narrative frame; this verse itself does not praise a particular sub-site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a genealogical enumeration.