Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

चतुर्थं शिवधर्माख्यं साक्षान्नन्दीशभाषितम् । दुर्वाससोक्तमाश्चर्य्यं नारदोक्तमतः परम्

Transliteration

caturthaṃ śivadharmākhyaṃ sākṣānnandīśabhāṣitam | durvāsasoktamāścaryyaṃ nāradoktamataḥ param

Translation

چوتھا ‘شیودھرم’ کہلاتا ہے، جسے خود نندیِش نے بیان کیا۔ پھر دُروَاسا کا کہا ہوا ‘آشچریہ’ ہے؛ اس کے بعد نارَد کا بیان کردہ ہے۔

Word by Word

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

• शिवधर्माख्यम्: called ‘Śivadharma’
• शिवधर्माख्यम्: Karma (Qualifier/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śivadharma + ākhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (शिवधर्म इति आख्यं = ‘named Śivadharma’)

• साक्षात्: directly, in person
• साक्षात्: Sambandha (Qualifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sākṣāt (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb); प्रत्यक्षार्थक

• नन्दीशभाषितम्: spoken by Nandīśa
• नन्दीशभाषितम्: Karma (Qualifier/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nandīśa + bhāṣita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP); समासः—तत्पुरुष (नन्दीशेन भाषितम् = ‘spoken by Nandīśa’)

• दुर्वाससोक्तम्: spoken by Durvāsas
• दुर्वाससोक्तम्: Karma (Qualifier/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: durvāsas + ukta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP); समासः—तत्पुरुष (दुर्वाससः उक्तम् = ‘spoken by Durvāsas’)

• आश्चर्यम्: the Āścarya (Upapurāṇa)
• आश्चर्यम्: Karma (Implied item/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āścarya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• नारदोक्तम्: spoken by Nārada
• नारदोक्तम्: Karma (Qualifier/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nārada + ukta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP); समासः—तत्पुरुष (नारदेन उक्तम् = ‘spoken by Nārada’)

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

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

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 fourfold iconographic suggestion: Nandīśa (bull-headed/attendant form) proclaiming Śivadharma; Durvāsas radiating ascetic fire as he narrates marvels; Nārada with vīṇā teaching; all presented as a lineage of voices around a central reciter.

Characters & Entities

• Śivadharma
• Nandīśa (Nandin)
• Durvāsas
• Nārada

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śaiva Dharma and Purāṇic teachings are anchored in revered transmitters like Nandīśa and sages, underscoring lineage-based authority.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa is the setting of the māhātmya, but this verse focuses on textual enumeration rather than a particular tīrtha within Prabhāsa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse lists named Upapurāṇas and their speakers.