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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

प्रह्लाद उवाच श्रुत्वा तमागतं देवं ब्रह्माणं पितरं स्वकम् । सनकाद्या नमस्कर्त्तुं जग्मुः सर्वे पितामहम्

Transliteration

prahlāda uvāca śrutvā tamāgataṃ devaṃ brahmāṇaṃ pitaraṃ svakam | sanakādyā namaskarttuṃ jagmuḥ sarve pitāmaham

Translation

ปรหลาทกล่าวว่า: ครั้นได้ยินว่าเทพพรหม—ผู้เป็นบิดาของตน—เสด็จมาแล้ว สนกะและเหล่าอื่นทั้งหมดจึงไปนอบน้อมแด่ปิตามหะ คือพระพรหม

Word by Word
प्रह्लादःPrahlāda
प्रह्लादः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootप्रह्लाद (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriya (Action)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
श्रुत्वाhaving heard
श्रुत्वा:
Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया/पूर्वकर्म)
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive), अव्ययभावः; पूर्वकालिकक्रिया
तम्him
तम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
आगतम्arrived
आगतम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootआ-गम् (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (तम्/देवम्)
देवम्the god
देवम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तम् इति समानाधिकरण
ब्रह्माणम्Brahmā
ब्रह्माणम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; देवम् इति समानाधिकरण
पितरम्father
पितरम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ब्रह्माणम् इति समानाधिकरण
स्वकम्one’s own
स्वकम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootस्वक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (पितरम्)
सनकाद्याःSanaka and others
सनकाद्याः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसनक + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (सनकः आदिः येषाम्)
नमस्कर्तुम्to bow/salute
नमस्कर्तुम्:
Prayojana (Purpose)
TypeVerb
Rootनमस् + कृ (धातु)
Formतुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive), अव्ययभावः; प्रयोजन (in order to)
जग्मुःwent
जग्मुः:
Kriya (Action)
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद
सर्वेall
सर्वे:
Visheshana (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (सनकाद्याः)
पितामहम्the grandsire (Brahmā)
पितामहम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootपितामह (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
Speaker

Prahlāda

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā arrives in a luminous assembly; the Sanakādi sages rise and proceed together to bow to him as Pitāmaha. Prahlāda stands as narrator, indicating a shift to a new episode.

Characters & Entities
P
Prahlāda
B
Brahmā
S
Sanaka

FAQs

Reverence to cosmic elders and sources of creation is upheld as a mark of dharma, even among exalted sages.

The narrative belongs to Dvārakā Māhātmya, situating the episode within Dvārakā’s sacred frame.

Namaskāra (bowing/salutation) is described as the devotional act performed.

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