Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

नासत्यौ च कथं ब्रह्मन्कृ तवान्सोमपायिनौ । तत्सर्वं च यथावृत्तमाख्यातु भगवान्मम

Transliteration

nāsatyau ca kathaṃ brahmankṛ tavānsomapāyinau | tatsarvaṃ ca yathāvṛttamākhyātu bhagavānmama

Translation

“ਅਤੇ ਹੇ ਬ੍ਰਾਹਮਣ! ਨਾਸਤ੍ਯ ਦੋਵੇਂ ਕਿਵੇਂ ਸੋਮ ਪੀਣ ਵਾਲੇ ਬਣਾਏ ਗਏ? ਜੋ ਕੁਝ ਜਿਵੇਂ ਵਾਪਰਿਆ, ਉਹ ਸਭ ਮੈਨੂੰ ਭਗਵਾਨ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ ਵਰਣਨ ਕਰੋ।”

Word by Word

• नासत्यौ: the Nāsatyas (Aśvin twins)
• नासत्यौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नासत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), द्विवचन (Dual)

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

• कथम्: how
• कथम्: Prashna (Interrogative/प्रश्न)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रश्न-अव्यय (interrogative adverb)

• ब्रह्मन्: O Brahman (sage)
• ब्रह्मन्: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• कृतवान्: did / has done
• कृतवान्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) + कृतवत् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृत् (past active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोग (agentive)

• सोमपायिनौ: the Soma-drinkers
• सोमपायिनौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक) + पायिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी/उपपद-भावः: 'सोमं पिबतः'), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifier of तत्)

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

• यथा-वृत्तम्: as it happened / in due course
• यथा-वृत्तम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय) + वृत्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः (indeclinable adverbial)

• आख्यातु: may (he) tell / please tell
• आख्यातु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-ख्या (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम/प्रथमपुरुष?—आशीर्लिङ्गार्थे प्रायः; अत्र प्रार्थना: प्रथमा-पुरुष, एकवचन (3rd sg imperative)

• भगवान्: the Blessed Lord / venerable one
• भगवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• मम: to me / of me
• मम: Sampradana (Beneficiary/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन

Speaker

Devī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brahman/teacher figure addressed (within the frame), with Īśvara as the responding narrator in the next verse

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī continues: she asks how the Nāsatya twins became Soma-drinkers; the teacher-figure is poised to narrate; listeners lean in.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Nāsatya (Aśvins)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred history is preserved through careful narration; dharmic outcomes depend on knowing events ‘as they truly happened’.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, within whose Māhātmya this Vedic-linked legend is recounted.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Soma-drinking is referenced as a Vedic privilege; no practical pilgrimage rite is prescribed in this verse.