Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 19
Devanagari script
असितो देवलो धौम्यः क्रतुरुद्दालकस्तथा । एते चान्ये च बहवः परस्परमथाब्रुवन्
Transliteration
asito devalo dhaumyaḥ kraturuddālakastathā | ete cānye ca bahavaḥ parasparamathābruvan
Translation
อสิ ตะ เทวละ เธามยะ กรตุ และอุททาลกะด้วย—ฤๅษีเหล่านี้และอีกมากมายจึงสนทนากันเอง
Word by Word
असितःAsita (sage)
असितः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअसित (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन
देवलःDevala (sage)
देवलः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootदेवल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
धौम्यःDhaumya (sage)
धौम्यः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootधौम्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
क्रतुःKratu (sage)
क्रतुः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootक्रतु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
उद्दालकःUddālaka (sage)
उद्दालकः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootउद्दालक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
तथाand also/likewise
तथा:
Sambandha/Modifier (सम्बन्ध/विशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)
एतेthese
एते:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (pronoun)
चand
च:
Connector (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)
अन्येothers
अन्ये:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन
चand
च:
Connector (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)
बहवःmany
बहवः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootबहु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन
परस्परम्to one another
परस्परम्:
Modifier (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरस्पर (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभाव-प्रयोग)
Formअव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)
अथthen
अथ:
Discourse marker (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, अनुक्रम/आरम्भसूचक (particle)
अब्रुवन्they said/spoke
अब्रुवन्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootब्रू (धातु)
Formलङ्-लकार (Imperfect/past), प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद
Speaker
Narrator (contextual)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Portrait-like grouping: Asita, Devala, Dhaumya, Kratu, Uddālaka and others in a semi-circle, each with distinctive attributes (staff, matted hair, waterpot), speaking in turn.
Characters & Entities
A
AsitaD
DevalaD
DhaumyaK
KratuU
UddālakaṚ
ṚṣisFAQs
Purāṇic tradition preserves lineages of seers to show that guidance in dark times comes through realized sages and their deliberations.
No tīrtha is named in this verse; it is part of the Dvārakā-māhātmya narrative arc.
None.