Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

ऋषिरैलविलो यस्यां विश्रवाः समपद्यत । तस्य पत्न्यश्च तिस्रस्तु पौलस्त्यकुलमंडनाः

Transliteration

ṛṣirailavilo yasyāṃ viśravāḥ samapadyata | tasya patnyaśca tisrastu paulastyakulamaṃḍanāḥ

Translation

Daripadanya lahirlah resi Viśravā (juga disebut Ailavila). Dan baginda mempunyai tiga orang isteri—perhiasan bagi keturunan Pulastya.

Word by Word

• ṛṣiḥ: sage
• ṛṣiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• ailavilaḥ: Ailavila (name)
• ailavilaḥ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ailavila (प्रातिपदिक; नाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; नाम (proper name)

• yasyām: in whom/in which (woman)
• yasyām: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• viśravāḥ: Viśravā (name)
• viśravāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viśravas (प्रातिपदिक; नाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• samapadyata: obtained/was born/was produced
• samapadyata: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √pad (धातु) with sam-
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• patnyaḥ: wives
• patnyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: patnī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Connector (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• tisraḥ: three
• tisraḥ: Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tri (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; संख्यावाचक-विशेषणम् (patnyaḥ)

• tu: indeed
• tu: Discourse particle (Nipāta/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (indeed)

• paulastya-kula-maṃḍanāḥ: ornaments/glories of Pulastya’s lineage
• paulastya-kula-maṃḍanāḥ: Karta (Predicate noun/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: paulastya (प्रातिपदिक) + kula (प्रातिपदिक) + maṃḍana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (पौलस्त्यकुलस्य मण्डनाः)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Hermitage scene: Ilavilā with newborn Viśravā; Pulastya blessing; later, a symbolic triptych of Viśravā with three consorts as ‘ornaments’ of the lineage (not sensual, but auspicious).

Characters & Entities

• Viśravā (Ailavila)
• Pulastya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇas present sacred history as a dhārmic continuum—lineage, conduct, and responsibility are interlinked.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra is the setting of the māhātmya; the genealogy is narrated as part of its sanctifying tradition.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it introduces family structure and lineage context.