Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

एवं ते कल्पनामानि ह्यतीतान्यखिलानि वै । कथितान्येवमन्यानि ज्ञेयानि विबुधैः क्रमात्

Transliteration

evaṃ te kalpanāmāni hyatītānyakhilāni vai | kathitānyevamanyāni jñeyāni vibudhaiḥ kramāt

Translation

یوں گزشتہ کلپوں سے متعلق وہ سب نام تمہیں سنا دیے گئے؛ باقی نام بھی اہلِ دانش کو ترتیب کے ساتھ سمجھ لینے چاہییں۔

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb of manner)

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4th/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन

• कल्पनामानि: the names
• कल्पनामानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्पना + नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (कल्पनायाः नामानि)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; हेत्वर्थ/निश्चयार्थक (particle: indeed/for)

• अतीतानि: past/previous
• अतीतानि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अतीत (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त-विशेषण)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचन; भूतकृदन्त (past participial adjective)

• अखिलानि: all
• अखिलानि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अखिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• वै: certainly
• वै: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; खलु/एव अर्थे (emphatic particle)

• कथितानि: told/related
• कथितानि: Kriya (Predicative participle/क्रियाविशेष)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘(have been) told’

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक

• अन्यानि: other
• अन्यानि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• ज्ञेयानि: should be known
• ज्ञेयानि: Kriya (Obligation/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: तव्यत्/अनीयर्-अर्थे ‘य’ (gerundive); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘to be known’

• विबुधैः: by the wise
• विबुधैः: Karana (Agent-instrument in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विबुध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन

• क्रमात्: in sequence
• क्रमात्: Sambandha (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पञ्चमी-एकवचनरूपेण अव्ययीभाव (ablatival adverb); ‘in order/stepwise’

Speaker

Śiva (deduced from Mahādevī-addressed dialogue in this adhyāya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A questioning interlocutor (disciple/king/assembly)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage-narrator instructs a listener, enumerating ancient kalpa-names of Prabhāsa; palm-leaf manuscripts, a map-like sacred landscape, and a subtle cosmic backdrop indicating repeating aeons.

Characters & Entities

• Kalpa
• Vibudha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred knowledge is transmitted in ordered tradition; wisdom recognizes continuity across time.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Prabhāsa tīrtha-context continues; the verse closes a list of its kalpa-wise names.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it concerns knowing the tīrtha’s traditional names in sequence.