Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

विश्वकर्म्माणमाहूय सहितं परिचारकैः । आदिदेश स्वयं सोमस्त्वष्टारं देवशिल्पिनम्

Transliteration

viśvakarmmāṇamāhūya sahitaṃ paricārakaiḥ | ādideśa svayaṃ somastvaṣṭāraṃ devaśilpinam

Translation

Soma ließ Viśvakarman samt seinen Dienern herbeirufen und erteilte selbst Tvaṣṭṛ, dem göttlichen Kunsthandwerker der Götter, seine Weisung.

Word by Word

• विश्वकर्माणम्: Viśvakarman
• विश्वकर्माणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वकर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (Accusative singular)

• आहूय: having summoned
• आहूय: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ-√ह्वे (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त; absolutive)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having summoned)

• सहितम्: accompanied
• सहितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहित (प्रातिपदिक; √सह् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त विशेषण (agreeing with विश्वकर्माणम्)

• परिचारकैः: with attendants
• परिचारकैः: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परिचारक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Instrumental plural)

• आदिदेश: commanded/ordered
• आदिदेश: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√दिश् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद; perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• स्वयम्: personally
• स्वयम्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; आत्मवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (by oneself)

• सोमः: Soma (Moon)
• सोमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन

• त्वष्टारम्: Tvaṣṭṛ
• त्वष्टारम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वष्टृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (Accusative singular)

• देवशिल्पिनम्: the divine artisan
• देवशिल्पिनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव-शिल्पिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (देवानां शिल्पी)

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (narrative continuation under Īśvara’s discourse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Purāṇic audience within the mahātmya frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Soma summons Viśvakarman with attendants and commands Tvaṣṭṛ, the divine artisan, initiating the crafting/arrangement for the liṅga’s proper installation and worship setting.

Characters & Entities

• Soma (Candra)
• Viśvakarman
• Tvaṣṭṛ
• Paricārakas (attendants)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred works (like preparing a shrine) are treated as devotional service, requiring right expertise and disciplined execution.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, where arrangements for the sacred Liṅga are being made.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual; the verse highlights preparatory arrangements through divine artisans for consecration.