Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

पुरा कैलासशिखरे ब्रह्मादीनां च सन्निधौ । स्कान्दं पुराणं कथितं पार्वत्यग्रे पिनाकिना

Transliteration

purā kailāsaśikhare brahmādīnāṃ ca sannidhau | skāndaṃ purāṇaṃ kathitaṃ pārvatyagre pinākinā

Translation

В древности, на вершине Кайласы, в присутствии Брахмы и прочих богов, Сканда-пурана была поведана Носителем Пинаки (Шивой) перед Парвати.

Word by Word

• पुरा: formerly/once
• पुरा: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)
• Form: काल-अव्यय (adverb of time: 'formerly')

• कैलासशिखरे: on the peak of Kailāsa
• कैलासशिखरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कैलास + शिखर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (कैलासस्य शिखरम्)

• ब्रह्मादीनाम्: of Brahmā and others
• ब्रह्मादीनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (ब्रह्मा आदिः येषाम्)

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

• सन्निधौ: in the presence
• सन्निधौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सन्निधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• स्कान्दम्: Skānda (pertaining to Skanda)
• स्कान्दम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्कान्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• पुराणम्: Purāṇa
• पुराणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुराण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• कथितम्: was narrated/told
• कथितम्: Kriya (Verbal predicate/क्रिया-भाव)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कथ् (धातु) → कथित (कृदन्त/क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle)

• पार्वत्यग्रे: in front of Pārvatī
• पार्वत्यग्रे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्वती + अग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (पार्वत्याः अग्रे)

• पिनाकिना: by Pinākin (Śiva, bearer of the bow Pināka)
• पिनाकिना: Karta (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिनाकिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kailāsa

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārvatī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On the snowy summit of Kailāsa, Śiva (Pinākin) narrates the Skanda Purāṇa to Pārvatī, with Brahmā and devas seated in attentive assembly; a cosmic classroom amid हिम-śikhara splendor.

Characters & Entities

• Kailāsa
• Brahmā
• Pārvatī
• Śiva
• Pināka
• Skanda Purāṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The authority of the Skanda Purāṇa is grounded in divine revelation: Śiva himself narrates it in the sacred assembly on Kailāsa.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kailāsa is invoked as the divine setting of revelation; the ongoing narrative remains within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; this verse provides provenance (sampradāya/itihāsa) of the text.