Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 90

Devanagari script

ततः प्रभृति ते तस्य पाषाणा मृदुतां गताः । गृहदेवकुलार्थाय गृह्यंते शिल्पिभिः सह

Transliteration

tataḥ prabhṛti te tasya pāṣāṇā mṛdutāṃ gatāḥ | gṛhadevakulārthāya gṛhyaṃte śilpibhiḥ saha

Translation

সেই সময়ৰ পৰা সেই স্থানৰ পাথৰসমূহ কোমল হৈ পৰিল; আৰু শিল্পীসকলে গৃহদেৱকুলৰ কাৰণে, পৰিয়াল-দেৱতাৰ সৰু মন্দিৰ-গৃহ নিৰ্মাণৰ উপযোগী বুলি সিহঁত গ্ৰহণ কৰে।

Word by Word

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (काल/क्रमवाचक adverb)

• प्रभृति: from (that time) onward
• प्रभृति: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रभृति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (आरम्भ-पर्यन्तवाचक/‘from … onwards’)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• तस्य: of him/that
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक-सम्भव, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• पाषाणाः: stones
• पाषाणाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाषाण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• मृदुताम्: softness
• मृदुताम्: Gati/Karman (Result state/फल-रूप कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृदुता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; भाववाचक (softness)

• गताः: became, attained
• गताः: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) → गत (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; क्रियापदवत्

• गृहदेवकुलार्थाय: for the purpose of (making) household-deity shrines/temples
• गृहदेवकुलार्थाय: Sampradāna (Purpose/recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक) + देव (प्रातिपदिक) + कुल (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (गृहदेवकुलस्य अर्थः → गृहदेवकुलार्थः), चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; प्रयोजन-दत्त (dative of purpose)

• गृह्यन्ते: are taken/collected
• गृह्यन्ते: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान/Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; आत्मनेपदम्; कर्मणि प्रयोगः (passive)

• शिल्पिभिः: by artisans
• शिल्पिभिः: Kartr̥ (Agent in passive/कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिल्पिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; करण/कर्तृ-निर्देश (agent in passive)

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahārtha (Accompaniment/सहार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (सह-योगवाचक preposition-like)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narration; speaker not explicit in this snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Artisans quarry and shape unusually soft stones from the sacred place, crafting small household chapels for family deities; the stones seem pliant, blessed by the earlier miracle.

Characters & Entities

• Śilpin (artisans)
• Gṛhadevatā (household deities)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha’s sanctity can extend into daily Dharma—sacred places provide materials and inspiration for worship even in the home.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, portrayed as miraculously providing workable stone for devotional construction.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The implied practice is establishing gṛhadevatā shrines (home worship) using sanctified materials; no formal rite is detailed here.