Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 102

Devanagari script

स्कान्दं तु सप्तधा भिन्नं वेद व्यासेनधीमता । एकाशीतिसहस्राणि शतं चैकं तु संख्यया

Transliteration

skāndaṃ tu saptadhā bhinnaṃ veda vyāsenadhīmatā | ekāśītisahasrāṇi śataṃ caikaṃ tu saṃkhyayā

Translation

धीमान व्यासांच्या मते स्कंदपुराण सात विभागांत विभक्त आहे; आणि संख्येने त्यात एक्याऐंशी हजार एकशे श्लोक आहेत।

Word by Word

• स्कान्दम्: the Skānda (Purāṇa)
• स्कान्दम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्कान्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• तु: but; indeed
• तु: Avyaya (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; contrast/emphasis)

• सप्तधा: sevenfold
• सप्तधा: Avyaya (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सप्तधा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb; manner)

• भिन्नम्: divided
• भिन्नम्: Karma-Samānādhikaraṇa (Object complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भिन्न (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √भिद् + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP)

• वेद: knows
• वेद: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √विद् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• व्यासेन: by Vyāsa
• व्यासेन: Kartr̥ (Agent in passive sense)/कर्ता
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• धीमता: wise
• धीमता: Kartr̥-viśeṣaṇa (Agent qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धीमत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; विशेषण (व्यासेन)

• एकाशीतिसहस्राणि: eighty-one thousand (verses/units)
• एकाशीतिसहस्राणि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एकाशीति-सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक; एकाशीति + सहस्र)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (एकाशीतिः सहस्राणि)

• शतम्: a hundred
• शतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (संख्यावाचक)

• च: and
• च: Avyaya (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• एकम्: one
• एकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (संख्यावाचक)

• तु: indeed
• तु: Avyaya (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• संख्यया: by count; in number
• संख्यया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संख्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) addressing sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvijāḥ / sages (implied audience of the māhātmya discourse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sage Vyāsa as the archetypal compiler, seated with palm-leaf manuscripts, enumerating the sevenfold division and the immense verse-count; a subtle backdrop suggests the coastal sanctity of Prabhāsa as the setting of the discourse.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda Purāṇa
• Vyāsa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Skanda Purāṇa is presented as a carefully organized, authoritative repository of dharma and sacred geography, structured for transmission.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The immediate setting is Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya, but this verse specifically glorifies the Skanda Purāṇa’s structure rather than a single site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it provides classification and enumeration of the Skanda Purāṇa.