Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

इन्द्रद्युम्नप्रसंगेन ऋषीणां शक्रसन्निधौ । सप्तदशसहस्राणि लक्ष्मीकल्पानुषङ्गिकम्

Transliteration

indradyumnaprasaṃgena ṛṣīṇāṃ śakrasannidhau | saptadaśasahasrāṇi lakṣmīkalpānuṣaṅgikam

Translation

因因陀罗迦昙那（Indradyumna）之事缘起，在释迦罗（Śakra）之前、诸仙（ṛṣi）在座之中，曾宣说一段与“吉祥天女劫”（Lakṣmī-kalpa）相连、长达一万七千偈的叙述。

Word by Word

• इन्द्रद्युम्नप्रसङ्गेन: by/through the episode of Indradyumna
• इन्द्रद्युम्नप्रसङ्गेन: Karana (Instrument/Cause/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्रद्युम्न + प्रसङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (इन्द्रद्युम्नस्य प्रसङ्गेन) (Masculine, Instrumental, Singular)

• ऋषीणाम्: of the sages
• ऋषीणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Masculine, Genitive, Plural)

• शक्रसन्निधौ: in the presence of Śakra (Indra)
• शक्रसन्निधौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र + सन्निधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (शक्रस्य सन्निधौ) (Masculine, Locative, Singular)

• सप्तदशसहस्राणि: seventeen thousand (units/verses)
• सप्तदशसहस्राणि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्तदश + सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक; संख्या)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; द्विगु-समास (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Plural)

• लक्ष्मीकल्पानुषङ्गिकम्: connected with the Lakṣmī-kalpa (as an appendix/related section)
• लक्ष्मीकल्पानुषङ्गिकम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लक्ष्मी + कल्प + अनुषङ्गिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (लक्ष्मीकल्पस्य अनुषङ्गिकम्) (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) addressing the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sages/pilgrims in the Prabhāsa-māhātmya audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous court of Śakra (Indra) with seated sages; a narrator recounts the Indradyumna episode, with a scroll/banner indicating ‘Lakṣmī-kalpa’ and the vast count of verses.

Characters & Entities

• Indradyumna
• Śakra (Indra)
• Ṛṣis
• Lakṣmī-kalpa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic authority is reinforced through lineage, setting, and structured transmission—episodes are anchored to divine assemblies and kalpa frameworks.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader frame is Prabhāsa-kṣetra; this verse is primarily cataloging a narrative unit tied to Indradyumna.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a descriptive note about an episode’s context and extent.