Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

मन्वन्तरप्रमाणं च ब्रह्माण्डस्य च विस्तरः । ज्योतिश्चक्रस्वरूपं च यथावदनुवर्णितम्

Transliteration

manvantarapramāṇaṃ ca brahmāṇḍasya ca vistaraḥ | jyotiścakrasvarūpaṃ ca yathāvadanuvarṇitam

Translation

Inilarawan mo rin nang wasto ang sukat ng mga Manvantara, ang lawak ng brahmāṇḍa (kosmikong itlog), at ang tunay na anyo ng gulong ng mga maningning na katawang-langit.

Word by Word

• मन्वन्तरप्रमाणम्: the measure of the Manvantaras
• मन्वन्तरप्रमाणम्: Karman/Viṣaya (Topic/विषय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्वन्तर-प्रमाण (प्रातिपदिक; मन्वन्तर + प्रमाण)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular ‘measure/extent of Manvantaras’

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• ब्रह्माण्डस्य: of the universe
• ब्रह्माण्डस्य: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्माण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Genitive singular ‘of the cosmic egg/universe’

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• विस्तरः: the extent/detail
• विस्तरः: Karman/Viṣaya (Topic/विषय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विस्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular ‘expanse/detail’

• ज्योतिः: light/luminous
• ज्योतिः: Pūrvapada (Compound member/पूर्वपद)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्योतिस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular; first member in compound

• चक्रस्वरूपम्: the nature/form of the wheel (of luminaries)
• चक्रस्वरूपम्: Karman/Viṣaya (Topic/विषय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्र-स्वरूप (प्रातिपदिक; चक्र + स्वरूप)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular; with previous word forms compound sense ‘form of the wheel of lights’

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• यथावत्: properly
• यथावत्: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb) ‘properly, in due manner’

• अनुवर्णितम्: has been described
• अनुवर्णितम्: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु+वर्ण् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Predicate with implied ‘(it) is described’

Speaker

The sages (Śaunaka and others)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sūta

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sūta’s narration evokes a cosmic diagram: the brahmāṇḍa as an egg-like sphere, concentric realms, and a radiant wheel of sun, moon, and planets turning in orderly paths, while sages listen in awe.

Characters & Entities

• Manvantara
• Brahmāṇḍa
• Jyotiścakra (astral wheel)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic teaching links devotion to a cosmic vision—time cycles, universe structure, and divine order in the heavens.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None directly; this is a cosmological summary within the chapter’s closing dialogue.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it acknowledges correct exposition of cosmological topics.