Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

भानोस्तु भानवस्तेन मुहूर्त्तायां मुहूर्त्तकाः । लंबाया घोषनामानो नागवीथिस्तु जामिजा

Transliteration

bhānostu bhānavastena muhūrttāyāṃ muhūrttakāḥ | laṃbāyā ghoṣanāmāno nāgavīthistu jāmijā

Translation

由婆奴（Bhānu）诞生婆奴族（Bhānavas）；由牟呼尔塔（Muhūrtā）诞生牟呼尔塔迦（Muhūrtakas）。由兰芭（Lambā）生出被称为“具歌声之名者”（Ghoṣanāmanas）；由阇弥（Jāmi）诞生那伽毗提（Nāgavīthi）。

Word by Word

• भानोः: of Bhānu
• भानोः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भानु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग/नामरूपेण, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• तु: and/indeed
• तु: Sambandha/Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अन्वय/विरोधबोधक-अव्यय (particle)

• भानवः: the Bhānus (offspring/group)
• भानवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भानु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; सन्तान/गण-नाम

• तेन: by that/therefore
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; सर्वनाम; करण/हेतु (instrumental: 'by that/therefore')

• मुहूर्त्तायाम्: in/through Muhūrtā
• मुहूर्त्तायाम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुहूर्त्ता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण (locative)

• मुहूर्त्तकाः: the Muhūrtakas
• मुहूर्त्तकाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुहूर्त्तक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; सन्तान/गण-नाम

• लंबायाः: of Laṃbā
• लंबायाः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लम्बा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• घोषनामानः: those named Ghoṣa
• घोषनामानः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: घोष (प्रातिपदिक) + नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (घोषस्य नाम) / 'having the name Ghoṣa' (नामधारक-समासार्थ)

• नागवीथिः: Nāgavīthī (name)
• नागवीथिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाग (प्रातिपदिक) + वीथि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (नागानां वीथिः) ; नाम (proper name)

• तु: and/indeed
• तु: Sambandha/Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अन्वय/विरोधबोधक-अव्यय (particle)

• जामिजा: Jāmijā (offspring of Jāmī; name)
• जामिजा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जामी (प्रातिपदिक) + जा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (जामेः जा = जाम्याः सन्तानः) ; नाम (proper name)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Personifications of Bhānu (solar radiance) and Muhūrtā (time-mother) appear as luminous figures; their progeny—Bhānavas and Muhūrtakas—surround them like rays and clock-divisions; Lambā’s Ghoṣanāmanas and Jāmi’s Nāgavīthi appear as attendant groups.

Characters & Entities

• Bhānu
• Bhānavas
• Muhūrtā
• Muhūrtakas
• Lambā
• Ghoṣanāmanas
• Jāmi
• Nāgavīthi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It links divine beings to principles like light (Bhānu) and sacred time (Muhūrta), implying that both space (kṣetra) and time (kāla) are sanctified in Purāṇic Dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra is the overarching māhātmya context, though this verse itself focuses on divine genealogy.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse enumerates origins of named divine groups.