Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

इति संक्षपतः प्रोक्ता कश्यपान्वयसंततिः । यया व्याप्तं जगत्सर्वं सदेवासुरमानुषम्

Transliteration

iti saṃkṣapataḥ proktā kaśyapānvayasaṃtatiḥ | yayā vyāptaṃ jagatsarvaṃ sadevāsuramānuṣam

Translation

یوں اختصار کے ساتھ کشیپ کے نسب کی سلسلہ وار روایت بیان کی گئی، جس سے سارا جہان—دیوتاؤں، اسوروں اور انسانوں سمیت—پُر ہے۔

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha-bodhaka (Discourse marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/समाप्ति-बोधक-अव्यय (quotative/closure particle)

• संक्षपतः: briefly
• संक्षपतः: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saṃ-kṣip (धातु) + ataḥ (तद्धित/अव्ययीभावार्थ)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverbial form: 'briefly/in summary')

• प्रोक्ता: has been told
• प्रोक्ता: Kriyā (Predicative verbal notion/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-vac (धातु) + ta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगे विधेय

• कश्यपान्वयसंततिः: the lineage of Kaśyapa
• कश्यपान्वयसंततिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kaśyapa-anvaya-saṃtati (प्रातिपदिक; कश्यप + अन्वय + संतति)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (determinative: 'lineage-continuity of Kaśyapa')

• यया: by which
• यया: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• व्याप्तम्: is pervaded
• व्याप्तम्: Kriyā (Predicative verbal notion/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-āp (धातु) + ta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगे विधेय

• जगत्: the world
• जगत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• सर्वम्: entire
• सर्वम्: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• सदेवासुरमानुषम्: including gods, asuras, and humans
• सदेवासुरमानुषम्: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa-deva-asura-mānuṣa (प्रातिपदिक; स + देव + असुर + मानुष)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समाहार-द्वन्द्व (collective copulative) with 'sa-' (including)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cosmic map-like composition: Sage Kaśyapa at center with emanating streams of beings—devas, asuras, humans—spreading across the three worlds; the narrator gestures to the vast pervasion while standing near a coastal Prabhāsa shrine silhouette.

Characters & Entities

• Kaśyapa
• Devas
• Asuras
• Mānuṣas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

All beings participate in an ordered cosmic genealogy; recognizing this interconnectedness supports humility and responsibility within dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra remains the overarching sacred setting, but this verse is a summarizing statement about Kaśyapa’s lineage.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual practice is given in this verse.