Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 51

Devanagari script

भविष्ये नारदोक्तं च सूरिभिः कथितं पुरा । कापिलं मानवं चैव तथैवोशनसेरितम्

Transliteration

bhaviṣye nāradoktaṃ ca sūribhiḥ kathitaṃ purā | kāpilaṃ mānavaṃ caiva tathaivośanaseritam

Translation

بھوشیہ (پران) میں کہا گیا ہے کہ یہ نارَد جی نے فرمایا، اور قدیم زمانے میں رشیوں نے اسے بیان کیا؛ اسی طرح کاپِل، مانَو، اور اُشنس (شکراچاریہ) کی تعلیم بھی مذکور ہے۔

Word by Word

• bhaviṣye: in the future (Bhaviṣya Purāṇa)
• bhaviṣye: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhaviṣya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; अधिकरण (locative)

• nāradoktam: spoken by Nārada
• nāradoktam: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nārada (प्रातिपदिक) + ukta (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (‘नारदस्य उक्तम्’); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त √vac (वच्) ‘to say’

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

• sūribhiḥ: by sages/learned ones
• sūribhiḥ: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūri (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; करण/कर्तृसहायक (instrumental/agentive)

• kathitam: told/narrated
• kathitam: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kathita (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त √kath (कथ्) ‘to tell’

• purā: formerly
• purā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: purā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb: formerly)

• kāpilam: (the) Kāpila
• kāpilam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāpila (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; नाम (title-name)

• mānavam: (the) Mānava
• mānavam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; नाम (title-name)

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

• eva: indeed/also
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक निपात (particle of emphasis)

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (adverb: thus/likewise)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक निपात (particle of emphasis)

• uśanasa: of Uśanas (Śukra)
• uśanasa: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: uśanas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• īritam: uttered/propounded
• īritam: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: īrita (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त √īr (ईर्) ‘to utter/impel’

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sages/assembly

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A lineage tableau: Nārada with vīṇā, Kapila in ascetic orange, Manu as lawgiver-king, and Uśanas (Śukra) as preceptor, all symbolically ‘handing down’ a scroll of teachings to sages.

Characters & Entities

• Bhaviṣya Purāṇa
• Nārada
• Uśanas (Śukra)
• Kāpila (Upapurāṇa)
• Mānava (Upapurāṇa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It portrays Purāṇic wisdom as a multi-lineage heritage, preserved through revered teachers like Nārada and Uśanas and affirmed by sages.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named in this verse; it continues the Upapurāṇa lineage catalogue.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is concerned with attribution and naming of texts.