Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

तस्यैव नाम चोत्पत्तिं कथयामि यथार्थतः

Transliteration

tasyaiva nāma cotpattiṃ kathayāmi yathārthataḥ

Translation

บัดนี้เราจักกล่าวถึงกำเนิดแห่งพระนามนั้นด้วย ตามความจริงแท้

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him/its
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे/नपुंसकलिङ्गे, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम-शब्दः (genitive singular of 'tad')

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध-निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle/emphasis)

• नाम: name
• नाम: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/प्रथमा or 2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचनम्

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

• उत्पत्तिम्: origin, arising
• उत्पत्तिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्पत्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचनम्

• कथयामि: I narrate/tell
• कथयामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथय् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• यथार्थतः: truthfully, as it really is
• यथार्थतः: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथार्थतः (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual, within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya; exact speaker not explicit in the given snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A narrator-sage (or divine speaker) poised to begin a sacred account, palm-leaf manuscript in hand, Devī listening; behind them, a faint vision of the forthcoming battle and the Milk Ocean appears like a prophetic mural.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred names are not random; Purāṇas present them as rooted in divine acts and truthful remembrance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, as the narrative is building toward explaining a significant name connected with the kṣetra’s glory.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; this is a narrative transition introducing the forthcoming account.