Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

आद्यं सनत्कुमारोक्तं नारसिंहमतः परम् । तृतीयं स्कान्दमुद्दिष्टं कुमारेणानुभाषितम्

Transliteration

ādyaṃ sanatkumāroktaṃ nārasiṃhamataḥ param | tṛtīyaṃ skāndamuddiṣṭaṃ kumāreṇānubhāṣitam

Translation

پہلا اُپپُران سنَتکُمار نے فرمایا؛ اس کے بعد نارَسِمْہ کا مت آتا ہے۔ تیسرا اسکاند کہا گیا ہے، جسے کُمار نے پھر سے بیان کیا۔

Word by Word

• आद्यम्: the first
• आद्यम्: Karma (Implied item/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ādya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक विशेषण

• सनत्कुमारोक्तम्: spoken by Sanatkumāra
• सनत्कुमारोक्तम्: Karma (Qualifier of item/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sanatkumāra + ukta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP) ‘said’; समासः—तत्पुरुष (सनत्कुमारस्य उक्तम् = ‘spoken by Sanatkumāra’)

• नारसिंहम्: the Nārasiṃha (Upapurāṇa)
• नारसिंहम्: Karma (Implied item/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nārasiṃha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• अतः: thereafter, next
• अतः: Adhikarana (Sequence/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb); क्रम/हेतुवाचक—‘thereafter/from this’

• परम्: next, subsequent
• परम्: Karma (Qualifier/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषण

• तृतीयम्: the third
• तृतीयम्: Karma (Implied item/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tṛtīya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक विशेषण

• स्कान्दम्: the Skānda (Upapurāṇa)
• स्कान्दम्: Karma (Implied item/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: skānda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• उद्दिष्टम्: declared, indicated
• उद्दिष्टम्: Karma (Qualifier/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ud + diś (दिश् धातु)
• Form: कर्मणि-क्त (PPP); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; ‘indicated/declared’

• कुमारेण: by Kumāra (Kārttikeya)
• कुमारेण: Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kumāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन

• अनुभाषितम्: expounded, narrated
• अनुभाषितम्: Karma (Qualifier/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: anu + bhāṣ (भाष् धातु)
• Form: कर्मणि-क्त (PPP); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; ‘spoken after/expounded’

Speaker

Unnamed narrator within the Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya context (likely Sūta continuing the account)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A didactic tableau listing three upapurāṇas with their speakers: Sanatkumāra, Nārasiṃha, and Kumāra (Skanda) as the re-narrator of Skānda; figures appear as visionary icons above a reciting sage.

Characters & Entities

• Sanatkumāra
• Nārasiṃha
• Skānda
• Kumāra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred knowledge is preserved through many authoritative lineages; Purāṇic Dharma is transmitted by revered teachers and avatāra traditions.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader section is the Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya, framing scriptural authority in the sanctity of Prabhāsa, though this verse itself lists texts rather than describing a rite at the site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it is a classificatory statement about Upapurāṇas.