Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

आद्यं सनत्कुमारोक्तं नारसिंहमतः परम् । तृतीयं स्कान्दमुद्दिष्टं कुमारेणानुभाषितम्

Transliteration

ādyaṃ sanatkumāroktaṃ nārasiṃhamataḥ param | tṛtīyaṃ skāndamuddiṣṭaṃ kumāreṇānubhāṣitam

Translation

முதலாவது சனத்குமாரர் உரைத்தது; அடுத்தது நாரசிம்ஹ மதி. மூன்றாவது ஸ்காந்தம் என அறிவிக்கப்பட்டது; அதை குமாரர் மீண்டும் எடுத்துரைத்தார்.

Word by Word

• आद्यम्: the first
• आद्यम्: Karma (Implied item/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ādya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक विशेषण

• सनत्कुमारोक्तम्: spoken by Sanatkumāra
• सनत्कुमारोक्तम्: Karma (Qualifier of item/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sanatkumāra + ukta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP) ‘said’; समासः—तत्पुरुष (सनत्कुमारस्य उक्तम् = ‘spoken by Sanatkumāra’)

• नारसिंहम्: the Nārasiṃha (Upapurāṇa)
• नारसिंहम्: Karma (Implied item/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nārasiṃha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• अतः: thereafter, next
• अतः: Adhikarana (Sequence/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb); क्रम/हेतुवाचक—‘thereafter/from this’

• परम्: next, subsequent
• परम्: Karma (Qualifier/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषण

• तृतीयम्: the third
• तृतीयम्: Karma (Implied item/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tṛtīya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक विशेषण

• स्कान्दम्: the Skānda (Upapurāṇa)
• स्कान्दम्: Karma (Implied item/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: skānda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• उद्दिष्टम्: declared, indicated
• उद्दिष्टम्: Karma (Qualifier/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ud + diś (दिश् धातु)
• Form: कर्मणि-क्त (PPP); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; ‘indicated/declared’

• कुमारेण: by Kumāra (Kārttikeya)
• कुमारेण: Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kumāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन

• अनुभाषितम्: expounded, narrated
• अनुभाषितम्: Karma (Qualifier/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: anu + bhāṣ (भाष् धातु)
• Form: कर्मणि-क्त (PPP); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; ‘spoken after/expounded’

Speaker

Unnamed narrator within the Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya context (likely Sūta continuing the account)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A didactic tableau listing three upapurāṇas with their speakers: Sanatkumāra, Nārasiṃha, and Kumāra (Skanda) as the re-narrator of Skānda; figures appear as visionary icons above a reciting sage.

Characters & Entities

• Sanatkumāra
• Nārasiṃha
• Skānda
• Kumāra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred knowledge is preserved through many authoritative lineages; Purāṇic Dharma is transmitted by revered teachers and avatāra traditions.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader section is the Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya, framing scriptural authority in the sanctity of Prabhāsa, though this verse itself lists texts rather than describing a rite at the site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it is a classificatory statement about Upapurāṇas.