Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 26
Devanagari script
प्रह्लादः पूर्वजस्तेषामनुह्रादस्ततः परः । ह्रादश्चैव ह्रदश्चैव पुत्राश्चैते प्रकीर्तिताः
Transliteration
prahlādaḥ pūrvajasteṣāmanuhrādastataḥ paraḥ | hrādaścaiva hradaścaiva putrāścaite prakīrtitāḥ
Translation
അവരിൽ പ്രഹ്ലാദൻ ജ്യേഷ്ഠൻ; തുടർന്ന് അനുഹ്രാദൻ; പിന്നെ ഹ്രാദനും ഹ്രദനും—ഇങ്ങനെ ഈ പുത്രന്മാർ എണ്ണിപ്പറയപ്പെടുന്നു।
Word by Word
प्रह्लादःPrahlāda
प्रह्लादः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootप्रह्लाद (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)
पूर्वजःelder/ancestor
पूर्वजः:
Predicate nominal (विधेय)
TypeNoun
Rootपूर्वज (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
तेषाम्of them
तेषाम्:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम/Pronoun)
Formषष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural)
अनुह्रादःAnuhrāda
अनुह्रादः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअनुह्राद (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
ततःthen/thereafter
ततः:
Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (Adverb)
परःnext/after him
परः:
Predicate adjective (विधेय-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)
ह्रादःHrāda
ह्रादः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootह्राद (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
चand
च:
Connector (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction/particle)
एवindeed/also
एव:
Emphasis (अवधारण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)
ह्रदःHrada
ह्रदः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootह्रद (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
चand
च:
Connector (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक-निपात
एवindeed/also
एव:
Emphasis (अवधारण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अवधारणार्थक-निपात
पुत्राःsons
पुत्राः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन
चand
च:
Connector (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक-निपात
एतेthese
एते:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम/Pronoun)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन
प्रकीर्तिताःhave been proclaimed/mentioned
प्रकीर्तिताः:
Predicate (विधेय)
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + कीर्त् (धातु) + त (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे विधेय (predicate)
Speaker
Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa Māhātmya dialogic style)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A genealogical tableau: four sons are named, with Prahlāda subtly distinguished—calm face, folded hands or a tulasī/rosary—contrasting with martial siblings.
Characters & Entities
P
PrahlādaA
AnuhrādaH
HrādaH
HradaH
HiraṇyakaśipuFAQs
Even within fearsome lineages, dharma and devotion can arise—foreshadowed by the mention of Prahlāda.
Prabhāsakṣetra serves as the māhātmya frame; this verse itself is genealogical.
None.