Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 16
Devanagari script
नवमस्तस्य दायादस्तृणबिंदुरिति स्मृतः । त्रेतायुगमुखे राजा तृतीये संबभूव ह
Transliteration
navamastasya dāyādastṛṇabiṃduriti smṛtaḥ | tretāyugamukhe rājā tṛtīye saṃbabhūva ha
Translation
اُس نسل کا نواں وارث ‘تِرنَبِندو’ کے نام سے یاد کیا جاتا ہے۔ تریتا یُگ کے آغاز میں، تیسرے دور میں وہ راجا بنا۔
Word by Word
navamaḥthe ninth
navamaḥ:
Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootnavama (प्रातिपदिक; क्रमवाचक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (dāyādaḥ)
tasyaof him/of that (one)
tasya:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन
dāyādaḥheir/descendant
dāyādaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdāyāda (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
tṛṇa-biṃduḥTṛṇabindu (name)
tṛṇa-biṃduḥ:
Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottṛṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + biṃdu (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (तृणस्य बिन्दुः)
itithus
iti:
Discourse marker (Quotation/इति)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; उद्धरण/इति-निपात
smṛtaḥis remembered/called
smṛtaḥ:
Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootsmṛta (कृदन्त; √smṛ)
Formभूतकृदन्त (क्त) used predicatively; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
tretā-yuga-mukheat the beginning of the Tretā-yuga
tretā-yuga-mukhe:
Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Roottretā (प्रातिपदिक) + yuga (प्रातिपदिक) + mukha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (त्रेतायुगस्य मुखे)
rājāking
rājā:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootrājan (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
tṛtīyein the third (period)
tṛtīye:
Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Roottṛtīya (प्रातिपदिक; क्रमवाचक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (tretāyugamukhe)
saṃbabhūvacame to be/was born/appeared
saṃbabhūva:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√bhū (धातु) with saṃ-
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्
haindeed
ha:
Discourse particle (Nipāta/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootha (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निपात (emphatic/legendary particle)
Speaker
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A courtly genealogical tableau: a kingly figure (Tṛṇabindu) enthroned with sages recording lineage; a cosmic backdrop indicating the dawn of Tretā-yuga (subtle sun-rise, kalpa-wheel motifs).
Characters & Entities
T
TṛṇabinduT
Tretā-yugaFAQs
Lineage-memory (smṛti) preserves dharmic history; Purāṇas link rulers and epochs to convey cosmic order.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra in the wider Māhātmya context.
None.