Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

ऋषिरैलविलो यस्यां विश्रवाः समपद्यत । तस्य पत्न्यश्च तिस्रस्तु पौलस्त्यकुलमंडनाः

Transliteration

ṛṣirailavilo yasyāṃ viśravāḥ samapadyata | tasya patnyaśca tisrastu paulastyakulamaṃḍanāḥ

Translation

Từ nàng, hiền sĩ Viśravā (cũng gọi là Ailavila) được sinh ra. Và ông có ba người vợ—những đóa hoa trang sức của dòng Pulastya.

Word by Word

• ṛṣiḥ: sage
• ṛṣiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• ailavilaḥ: Ailavila (name)
• ailavilaḥ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ailavila (प्रातिपदिक; नाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; नाम (proper name)

• yasyām: in whom/in which (woman)
• yasyām: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• viśravāḥ: Viśravā (name)
• viśravāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viśravas (प्रातिपदिक; नाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• samapadyata: obtained/was born/was produced
• samapadyata: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √pad (धातु) with sam-
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• patnyaḥ: wives
• patnyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: patnī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Connector (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• tisraḥ: three
• tisraḥ: Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tri (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; संख्यावाचक-विशेषणम् (patnyaḥ)

• tu: indeed
• tu: Discourse particle (Nipāta/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (indeed)

• paulastya-kula-maṃḍanāḥ: ornaments/glories of Pulastya’s lineage
• paulastya-kula-maṃḍanāḥ: Karta (Predicate noun/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: paulastya (प्रातिपदिक) + kula (प्रातिपदिक) + maṃḍana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (पौलस्त्यकुलस्य मण्डनाः)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Hermitage scene: Ilavilā with newborn Viśravā; Pulastya blessing; later, a symbolic triptych of Viśravā with three consorts as ‘ornaments’ of the lineage (not sensual, but auspicious).

Characters & Entities

• Viśravā (Ailavila)
• Pulastya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇas present sacred history as a dhārmic continuum—lineage, conduct, and responsibility are interlinked.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra is the setting of the māhātmya; the genealogy is narrated as part of its sanctifying tradition.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it introduces family structure and lineage context.