Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

ततश्च च्यवनः प्राप ऋचीकश्च ततो मुनिः । एवं परंपरा प्राप्तं सर्वेषु भुवनेष्वपि

Transliteration

tataśca cyavanaḥ prāpa ṛcīkaśca tato muniḥ | evaṃ paraṃparā prāptaṃ sarveṣu bhuvaneṣvapi

Translation

ତାପରେ ଚ୍ୟବନ ଏହା ପ୍ରାପ୍ତ କଲେ, ତାଙ୍କ ପରେ ମୁନି ଋଚୀକ। ଏଭଳି ପରମ୍ପରାକ୍ରମେ ଏହା ସମସ୍ତ ଭୁବନରେ ମଧ୍ୟ ପ୍ରଚାରିତ ହେଲା।

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: देश/कालवाचक-अव्यय (from there/then)

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

• च्यवनः: Cyavana
• च्यवनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cyavana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• प्राप: obtained, received
• प्राप: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• ऋचीकः: Ṛcīka
• ऋचीकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṛcīka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

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

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: देश/कालवाचक-अव्यय (then/from there)

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

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: thus)

• परंपरा: succession, tradition
• परंपरा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: paraṃparā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• प्राप्तम्: received, handed down
• प्राप्तम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; (आख्यानम्/ज्ञानम् इत्यर्थे)

• सर्वेषु: in all
• सर्वेषु: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन; विशेषण (भुवनेषु इति)

• भुवनेषु: worlds
• भुवनेषु: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhuvana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन

• अपि: also, even
• अपि: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अवधारण-अव्यय (particle: also/even)

Speaker

Sūta

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A lineage tableau: Cyavana hands the teaching onward to Ṛcīka; behind them, a symbolic chain of sages extends into a cosmic backdrop representing ‘all worlds.’

Characters & Entities

• Cyavana
• Ṛcīka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma-teachings endure when carried faithfully through paramparā, making the Purāṇa a living tradition rather than a mere text.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not directly; the verse supports the Dvārakā-māhātmya context by validating the narration’s lineage.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse.