Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 23

Devanagari script

ऋषय ऊचुः । कथितो भवता सर्गः प्रतिसर्गस्तथैव च । वंशानुवंशचरितं पुराणानामनुक्रमः

Transliteration

ṛṣaya ūcuḥ | kathito bhavatā sargaḥ pratisargastathaiva ca | vaṃśānuvaṃśacaritaṃ purāṇānāmanukramaḥ

Translation

Các hiền giả nói: Ngài đã thuật rõ sự sáng tạo và tái tạo, cũng như các chuyện về các triều đại và chi phái, cùng trật tự sắp đặt của các bộ Purāṇa.

Word by Word

• ऋषयः: the sages
• ऋषयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Nominative plural

• ऊचुः: said
• ऊचुः: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परोक्षभूत/परफेक्ट), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; Perfect, 3rd person plural, परस्मैपद

• कथितः: has been told/described
• कथितः: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Predicate participle/विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; agrees with सर्गः

• भवता: by you
• भवता: Karta (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Instrumental singular ‘by you (sir)’

• सर्गः: creation
• सर्गः: Karman/Viṣaya (Topic/object of narration/विषय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular

• प्रतिसर्गः: re-creation
• प्रतिसर्गः: Karman/Viṣaya (Topic/विषय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रतिसर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular (coordinated)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण/समुच्चयार्थ ‘so/likewise’

• एव: indeed
• एव: Avadhāraṇa (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphasis)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• वंशानुवंशचरितम्: genealogies and subsidiary genealogies (accounts)
• वंशानुवंशचरितम्: Karman/Viṣaya (Topic/विषय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वंश-अनुवंश-चरित (प्रातिपदिक; वंश + अनुवंश + चरित)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular; ‘accounts of lineages and sub-lineages’

• पुराणानाम्: of the Purāṇas
• पुराणानाम्: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुराण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Genitive plural ‘of the Purāṇas’

• अनुक्रमः: the sequence/listing
• अनुक्रमः: Karman/Viṣaya (Topic/विषय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुक्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular

Speaker

The sages (Śaunaka and others)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā (contextual) / Prabhāsa-kṣetra (frame)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sūta

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A circle of venerable ṛṣis seated in a forest-āśrama, addressing the Sūta with palms joined, acknowledging the orderly exposition of creation and dynasties; manuscripts and yajña implements nearby.

Characters & Entities

• Ṛṣis
• Purāṇas
• Sarga
• Pratisarga
• Vaṃśa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma includes remembering cosmic origins and sacred lineages, anchoring devotion in a grand sacred history.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single site is named; the verse is a doctrinal recap within the Dvārakā Māhātmya chapter conclusion.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it summarizes doctrinal topics already taught.