Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

विवस्वानिव पर्जन्यो वरुणश्चार्यमा इव । इन्द्रस्तु द्विगुणैः षड्भिर्भात्येकादशभिः शतैः

Transliteration

vivasvāniva parjanyo varuṇaścāryamā iva | indrastu dviguṇaiḥ ṣaḍbhirbhātyekādaśabhiḥ śataiḥ

Translation

پرَجنیہ ویوسوان کی مانند درخشاں ہے، اور ورُن آریمن کی طرح تاباں ہے۔ مگر اندر چھ کے دوگنے اضافے کے ساتھ گیارہ سو گنا جلال سے چمکتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• vivasvān: Vivasvān
• vivasvān: Upamana (Standard of comparison/उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vivasvat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• iva: like/as
• iva: Sambandha (Comparison marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iva (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमावाचक निपात (comparative particle)

• parjanyaḥ: Parjanya
• parjanyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parjanya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• varuṇaḥ: Varuṇa
• varuṇaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varuṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

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

• aryamā: Aryaman
• aryamā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aryaman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• iva: like
• iva: Sambandha (Comparison marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iva (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमावाचक निपात

• indraḥ: Indra
• indraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: indra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• tu: indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात

• dvi-guṇaiḥ: by double (multiples)
• dvi-guṇaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dvi (प्रातिपदिक) + guṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; द्विगु-समास (द्वौ गुणौ = double)

• ṣaḍbhiḥ: by six
• ṣaḍbhiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ṣaṣ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: (संख्यावाचक) तृतीया, बहुवचन; विशेषण (dvi-guṇaiḥ इत्यस्य/गुणैः)

• bhāti: shines
• bhāti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhā (धातु)
• Form: लट्, परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• ekādaśabhiḥ: by eleven (hundreds)
• ekādaśabhiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekādaśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: (संख्यावाचक) तृतीया, बहुवचन; विशेषण (śataiḥ इत्यस्य)

• śataiḥ: by hundreds
• śataiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa Kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yādava interlocutor (Sāṃba / ‘Yādavottama’ addressed in nearby verses)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous cosmic tableau: Parjanya, Varuṇa, Aryaman, Indra depicted as radiant deities in a celestial assembly, their brilliance measured in symbolic numbers, with Prabhāsa’s sanctified horizon behind.

Characters & Entities

• Vivasvān
• Parjanya
• Varuṇa
• Aryaman
• Indra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine functions are comparable and classifiable—some deities mirror others in power—showing unity-in-difference within cosmic administration.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The passage belongs to the Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya corpus, where such teachings enhance the sacred prestige of the region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual instruction appears; the verse continues the cosmological accounting of radiance among the Ādityas.