Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

तस्यैव नाम चोत्पत्तिं कथयामि यथार्थतः

Transliteration

tasyaiva nāma cotpattiṃ kathayāmi yathārthataḥ

Translation

Nay Ta sẽ thuật lại, đúng như chân thật, cả nguồn gốc phát sinh của danh hiệu ấy.

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him/its
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे/नपुंसकलिङ्गे, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम-शब्दः (genitive singular of 'tad')

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध-निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle/emphasis)

• नाम: name
• नाम: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/प्रथमा or 2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचनम्

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• उत्पत्तिम्: origin, arising
• उत्पत्तिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्पत्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचनम्

• कथयामि: I narrate/tell
• कथयामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथय् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• यथार्थतः: truthfully, as it really is
• यथार्थतः: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथार्थतः (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual, within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya; exact speaker not explicit in the given snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A narrator-sage (or divine speaker) poised to begin a sacred account, palm-leaf manuscript in hand, Devī listening; behind them, a faint vision of the forthcoming battle and the Milk Ocean appears like a prophetic mural.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred names are not random; Purāṇas present them as rooted in divine acts and truthful remembrance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, as the narrative is building toward explaining a significant name connected with the kṣetra’s glory.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; this is a narrative transition introducing the forthcoming account.