Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

सामवेदो ह्यहं देवि ब्रह्मा ऋग्वेद उच्यते । यजुर्वेदो भवेद्विष्णुः कुलाधारो ह्यथर्वणः

Transliteration

sāmavedo hyahaṃ devi brahmā ṛgveda ucyate | yajurvedo bhavedviṣṇuḥ kulādhāro hyatharvaṇaḥ

Translation

โอ้เทวี เรานี่แลคือสามเวท; พรหมาถูกกล่าวว่าเป็นฤคเวท. พระวิษณุเป็นยชุรเวท; และอถรรพเวทเป็นรากฐานค้ำจุนวงศ์สกุล

Word by Word

• सामवेदः: Sāma Veda
• सामवेदः: Samanaadhikarana / Predicate-noun (विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साम (प्रातिपदिक) + वेद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (साम्नः वेदः); पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; (Sāma-veda)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; (I)

• देवि: O देवी
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; संबोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन) विभक्ति, एकवचन; (O goddess)

• ब्रह्मा: Brahmā
• ब्रह्मा: Samanaadhikarana / Predicate-noun (विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; (Brahmā)

• ऋग्वेदः: Ṛg Veda
• ऋग्वेदः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋक् (प्रातिपदिक) + वेद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (ऋचः वेदः); पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; (Ṛg-veda)

• उच्यते: is called
• उच्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान); कर्मणि प्रयोग; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; (is said/called)

• यजुर्वेदः: Yajur Veda
• यजुर्वेदः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यजुस् (प्रातिपदिक) + वेद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (यजुषः वेदः); पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; (Yajur-veda)

• भवेत्: would be
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; (would be/should be)

• विष्णुः: Viṣṇu
• विष्णुः: Samanaadhikarana / Predicate-noun (विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; (Viṣṇu)

• कुलाधारः: support of the family/lineage
• कुलाधारः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुल (प्रातिपदिक) + आधार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (कुलस्य आधारः); पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; (support/foundation of the lineage)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• अथर्वणः: of Atharvan (Atharva Veda)
• अथर्वणः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अथर्वन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; षष्ठी विभक्ति, एकवचन; (of Atharvan / of Atharva-veda)

Speaker

Śiva

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Somnātha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva addresses Devī, revealing the deities as the living Vedas: Sāma as Śiva, Ṛg as Brahmā, Yajus as Viṣṇu, with Atharvan as the sustaining foundation—shown as luminous manuscripts/śruti-ripples emanating from the Trimūrti.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Devī
• Brahmā
• Viṣṇu
• Sāma Veda
• Ṛg Veda
• Yajur Veda
• Atharva Veda

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Vedic revelation is unified: different Vedas can be contemplated as expressions of the same divine reality.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, whose māhātmya frames pilgrimage as grounded in Vedic-Puranic unity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse supports Veda-smaraṇa (remembrance of Vedic sanctity) as devotional orientation.