Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

विश्वामित्रः कौशिकश्च जह्नुर्विश्वावसुस्तथा । धौम्यश्चैव शतानन्दो वैशंपायनजिष्णवः

Transliteration

viśvāmitraḥ kauśikaśca jahnurviśvāvasustathā | dhaumyaścaiva śatānando vaiśaṃpāyanajiṣṇavaḥ

Translation

அங்கே விச்வாமித்ரர், கௌசிகர்; ஜஹ்னு, விச்வாவசு; மேலும் தௌம்யர், சதானந்தர், வைசம்பாயனர், ஜிஷ்ணுவும் இருந்தனர்।

Word by Word

• विश्वामित्रः: Viśvāmitra
• विश्वामित्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वामित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कौशिकः: Kauśika
• कौशिकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौशिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

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

• जह्नुः: Jahnu
• जह्नुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जह्नु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• विश्वावसुः: Viśvāvasu
• विश्वावसुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वावसु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तथा: likewise/also
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/सादृश्यार्थक-अव्यय (adverb/particle)

• धौम्यः: Dhaumya
• धौम्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धौम्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

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

• एव: indeed/also
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• शतानन्दः: Śatānanda
• शतानन्दः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शतानन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• वैशंपायनजिष्णवः: Vaiśaṃpāyana and Jiṣṇu
• वैशंपायनजिष्णवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैशंपायन- जिष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, द्विवचन (Dual); द्वन्द्व-समास (वैशंपायनः च जिष्णुः च)

Speaker

Deductive (Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya narration; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa addressing sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A teaching-assembly: Vaiśaṃpāyana recites with a manuscript; Dhaumya instructs disciples; Viśvāmitra stands with a staff, aura of mantra; Jahnu seated near a symbolic river motif; the Somnātha shrine anchors the background.

Characters & Entities

• Viśvāmitra
• Kauśika
• Jahnu
• Viśvāvasu
• Dhaumya
• Śatānanda
• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Jiṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The chapter frames Prabhāsa as a nexus where multiple ṛṣi lineages converge, reflecting unity of dharma traditions.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, in the vicinity highlighted in this adhyāya (Kṛtasmara Parvata).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit prescription; the verse is an honorific listing supporting the site’s māhātmya.