Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

मानवस्य प्रसंगेन धन्यस्य मुनिसत्तमाः । चतुर्विंशत्सहस्राणि तत्पुराणमिहोच्यते

Transliteration

mānavasya prasaṃgena dhanyasya munisattamāḥ | caturviṃśatsahasrāṇi tatpurāṇamihocyate

Translation

噢，最胜仙贤！就那吉祥的摩那婆（与摩奴相关）叙事而言，此处说该往世书共有二万四千颂。

Word by Word

• मानवस्य: of a man / of the human
• मानवस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• प्रसङ्गेन: by occasion / in connection
• प्रसङ्गेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• धन्यस्य: of the blessed
• धन्यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; विशेषण (मानवस्य)

• मुनिसत्तमाः: O best of sages
• मुनिसत्तमाः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि + सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सम्बोधनार्थे अपि प्रयोगः (vocative sense possible)

• चतुर्विंशत्: twenty-four
• चतुर्विंशत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्विंशत् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्या-विशेषण; (सहस्राणि इति विशेष्यस्य संख्या)

• सहस्राणि: thousands
• सहस्राणि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (पुराणम्)

• पुराणम्: Purāṇa
• पुराणम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुराण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of place)

• उच्यते: is said / is stated
• उच्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: munisattamāḥ / sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sages in assembly hear a calm enumeration: a Purāṇa connected with Manu is said to be twenty-four thousand verses; a manuscript stack and counting beads symbolize textual measure.

Characters & Entities

• Mānavā (Manu tradition)
• Sages (muni)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇas preserve dharma through structured traditions—here linked to Manu—showing continuity of sacred law and narrative.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader frame is Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya, where scriptural references support the kṣetra’s religious authority.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it provides a classificatory note about a Purāṇa connected with the Mānavā tradition.