Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

एवं ते कल्पनामानि ह्यतीतान्यखिलानि वै । कथितान्येवमन्यानि ज्ञेयानि विबुधैः क्रमात्

Transliteration

evaṃ te kalpanāmāni hyatītānyakhilāni vai | kathitānyevamanyāni jñeyāni vibudhaiḥ kramāt

Translation

இவ்வாறு கடந்த கல்பங்களுக்குரிய எல்லா பெயர்களும் உனக்குச் சொல்லப்பட்டன; மீதமுள்ள பெயர்களையும் ஞானிகள் வரிசையாக அறிந்துகொள்ள வேண்டும்.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb of manner)

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4th/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन

• कल्पनामानि: the names
• कल्पनामानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्पना + नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (कल्पनायाः नामानि)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; हेत्वर्थ/निश्चयार्थक (particle: indeed/for)

• अतीतानि: past/previous
• अतीतानि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अतीत (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त-विशेषण)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचन; भूतकृदन्त (past participial adjective)

• अखिलानि: all
• अखिलानि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अखिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• वै: certainly
• वै: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; खलु/एव अर्थे (emphatic particle)

• कथितानि: told/related
• कथितानि: Kriya (Predicative participle/क्रियाविशेष)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘(have been) told’

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक

• अन्यानि: other
• अन्यानि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• ज्ञेयानि: should be known
• ज्ञेयानि: Kriya (Obligation/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: तव्यत्/अनीयर्-अर्थे ‘य’ (gerundive); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘to be known’

• विबुधैः: by the wise
• विबुधैः: Karana (Agent-instrument in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विबुध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन

• क्रमात्: in sequence
• क्रमात्: Sambandha (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पञ्चमी-एकवचनरूपेण अव्ययीभाव (ablatival adverb); ‘in order/stepwise’

Speaker

Śiva (deduced from Mahādevī-addressed dialogue in this adhyāya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A questioning interlocutor (disciple/king/assembly)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage-narrator instructs a listener, enumerating ancient kalpa-names of Prabhāsa; palm-leaf manuscripts, a map-like sacred landscape, and a subtle cosmic backdrop indicating repeating aeons.

Characters & Entities

• Kalpa
• Vibudha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred knowledge is transmitted in ordered tradition; wisdom recognizes continuity across time.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Prabhāsa tīrtha-context continues; the verse closes a list of its kalpa-wise names.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it concerns knowing the tīrtha’s traditional names in sequence.