Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 102

Devanagari script

स्कान्दं तु सप्तधा भिन्नं वेद व्यासेनधीमता । एकाशीतिसहस्राणि शतं चैकं तु संख्यया

Transliteration

skāndaṃ tu saptadhā bhinnaṃ veda vyāsenadhīmatā | ekāśītisahasrāṇi śataṃ caikaṃ tu saṃkhyayā

Translation

لیکن دانا ویاس کے مطابق اسکانْد پُران سات حصّوں میں منقسم ہے؛ اور شمار کے اعتبار سے اس میں اکیاسی ہزار اور ایک سو شلوک ہیں۔

Word by Word

• स्कान्दम्: the Skānda (Purāṇa)
• स्कान्दम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्कान्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• तु: but; indeed
• तु: Avyaya (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; contrast/emphasis)

• सप्तधा: sevenfold
• सप्तधा: Avyaya (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सप्तधा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb; manner)

• भिन्नम्: divided
• भिन्नम्: Karma-Samānādhikaraṇa (Object complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भिन्न (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √भिद् + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP)

• वेद: knows
• वेद: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √विद् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• व्यासेन: by Vyāsa
• व्यासेन: Kartr̥ (Agent in passive sense)/कर्ता
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• धीमता: wise
• धीमता: Kartr̥-viśeṣaṇa (Agent qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धीमत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; विशेषण (व्यासेन)

• एकाशीतिसहस्राणि: eighty-one thousand (verses/units)
• एकाशीतिसहस्राणि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एकाशीति-सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक; एकाशीति + सहस्र)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (एकाशीतिः सहस्राणि)

• शतम्: a hundred
• शतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (संख्यावाचक)

• च: and
• च: Avyaya (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• एकम्: one
• एकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (संख्यावाचक)

• तु: indeed
• तु: Avyaya (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• संख्यया: by count; in number
• संख्यया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संख्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) addressing sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvijāḥ / sages (implied audience of the māhātmya discourse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sage Vyāsa as the archetypal compiler, seated with palm-leaf manuscripts, enumerating the sevenfold division and the immense verse-count; a subtle backdrop suggests the coastal sanctity of Prabhāsa as the setting of the discourse.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda Purāṇa
• Vyāsa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Skanda Purāṇa is presented as a carefully organized, authoritative repository of dharma and sacred geography, structured for transmission.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The immediate setting is Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya, but this verse specifically glorifies the Skanda Purāṇa’s structure rather than a single site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it provides classification and enumeration of the Skanda Purāṇa.