Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

जाबालिर्मुद्गलश्चैव ऋष्यशृंगो विभांडकः । विश्वामित्रः शतानंदो जह्नुर्विश्वावसुस्तथा

Transliteration

jābālirmudgalaścaiva ṛṣyaśṛṃgo vibhāṃḍakaḥ | viśvāmitraḥ śatānaṃdo jahnurviśvāvasustathā

Translation

ชาบาลิและมุทคละ; ฤษยศฤงคะและวิภาณฑกะ; วิศวามิตร ศตานันทะ ชหนุ และทำนองเดียวกันคือ วิศวาวสุ—

Word by Word

• जाबालिः: Jabali (sage)
• जाबालिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जाबालि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• मुद्गलः: Mudgala (sage)
• मुद्गलः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुद्गल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

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

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

• ऋष्यशृङ्गः: Rishyasringa (sage)
• ऋष्यशृङ्गः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋष्य + शृङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (ऋष्यस्य शृङ्गः/ऋष्यशृङ्गः)

• विभाण्डकः: Vibhāṇḍaka (sage)
• विभाण्डकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभाण्डक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• विश्वामित्रः: Vishvamitra (sage)
• विश्वामित्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्व + मित्र (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (विश्वस्य मित्रः)

• शतानन्दः: Shatananda (sage)
• शतानन्दः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत + आनन्द (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-प्रायः (शतं आनन्दो यस्य/शतानन्दः—नाम)

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

• विश्वावसुः: Vishvavasu
• विश्वावसुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्व + वसु (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-प्रायः (विश्वं वसुः/विश्वेषु वसुः—नाम)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारार्थक-अव्यय (adverb: likewise)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (context)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: More sages arrive—some youthful, some austere—each evoking a known legend: Viśvāmitra with a kṣatriya-turned-ṛṣi aura; Ṛṣyaśṛṅga with gentle ascetic innocence; Jahnu with river symbolism.

Characters & Entities

• Jābāli
• Mudgala
• Ṛṣyaśṛṅga
• Vibhāṇḍaka
• Viśvāmitra
• Śatānanda
• Jahnu
• Viśvāvasu
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

By invoking well-known ṛṣis, the Purāṇa frames the tīrtha as a meeting-ground of tapas, mantra, and sacrificial merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, the implied setting where these sages are associated with ritual activity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it continues the catalogue of participants in the broader yajña narrative.