Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 75

Devanagari script

देवाचार्यस्य तस्येयं दुहिता विश्वकर्मणः । सुरेणुरिति विख्याता त्रिषु लोकेषु भामिनी

Transliteration

devācāryasya tasyeyaṃ duhitā viśvakarmaṇaḥ | sureṇuriti vikhyātā triṣu lokeṣu bhāminī

Translation

এই উজ্জ্বল ভামিনী দেৱাচাৰ্য বিশ্বকৰ্মাৰ কন্যা। ত্ৰিলোকত ‘সুৰেণু’ নামে খ্যাত, দীপ্তিময়ী আৰু সুপ্ৰসিদ্ধ।

Word by Word

• देवाचार्यस्य: of the preceptor of the gods
• देवाचार्यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + आचार्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (देवानाम् आचार्यः) — 'of the teacher of the gods'

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — 'of him'

• इयम्: this (woman)
• इयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — 'this (she)'

• दुहिता: daughter
• दुहिता: Predicate nominative (समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुहितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — 'daughter'

• विश्वकर्मणः: of Viśvakarman
• विश्वकर्मणः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वकर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — 'of Viśvakarman'

• सुरेणुः: Sureṇu
• सुरेणुः: Predicate nominative (समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुरेणु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — proper name 'Sureṇu'

• इति: thus
• इति: Quotation marker (इति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/इत्यर्थक अव्यय — quotation marker 'thus'

• विख्याता: well-known
• विख्याता: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विख्यात (कृदन्त; √ख्या धातु)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त), विशेषण — 'well-known'

• त्रिषु: in the three
• त्रिषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि (संख्याप्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), बहुवचन — 'in three' (agreeing with लोकेषु)

• लोकेषु: worlds
• लोकेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन — 'in the worlds'

• भामिनी: radiant lady
• भामिनी: Apposition (समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भामिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; गुणवाचक-संज्ञा — 'radiant/beautiful woman'

Speaker

Sūta (deduced for Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous divine maiden (Sureṇu) introduced in a courtly-cosmic setting, with Viśvakarman’s artisan aura—tools, celestial architecture, and a halo of crafted light.

Characters & Entities

• Viśvakarman
• Sureṇu
• Devācārya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma honors luminous exemplars and lineages; fame across the three worlds signifies merit and cosmic recognition.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is embedded in the Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya narrative environment.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse continues the genealogical catalog supporting the chapter’s sacred-history framework.