Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 90

Devanagari script

धीवरानसृजच्चापि वेनपापसमुद्भवान् । ये चान्ये विन्ध्यनिलयास्तथा वै तुंबराः खसाः

Transliteration

dhīvarānasṛjaccāpi venapāpasamudbhavān | ye cānye vindhyanilayāstathā vai tuṃbarāḥ khasāḥ

Translation

Er brachte auch das Fischer-Volk (Dhīvara) hervor, entstanden aus Venas Sünde; und ebenso andere Völker—die in den Vindhya-Gegenden Wohnenden, ferner die Tumbara und die Khasa.

Word by Word

• dhīvarān: fishermen/boatmen
• dhīvarān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhīvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, बहुवचनम्

• asṛjat: created/produced
• asṛjat: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sṛj (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्ययम्

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (समुच्चय)

• vena-pāpa-samudbhavān: born from Vena’s sin
• vena-pāpa-samudbhavān: Karma (Object-Qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vena (प्रातिपदिक) + pāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + samudbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, बहुवचनम्; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (वेनस्य पापात् समुद्भवाः)

• ye: who/which (those)
• ye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचनम्

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्ययम्

• anye: others
• anye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचनम्

• vindhya-nilayāḥ: dwellers of the Vindhya (region)
• vindhya-nilayāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vindhya (प्रातिपदिक) + nilaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचनम्; तत्पुरुषः (विन्ध्ये निलयः येषाम्/विन्ध्यनिलयाः)

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (रीतिवाचक/समुच्चय) = likewise

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (अवधारण)

• tuṃbarāḥ: Tuṃbaras (a people)
• tuṃbarāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tuṃbara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचनम्

• khasāḥ: Khasas (a people)
• khasāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: khasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचनम्

Speaker

Narrator (within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (narrative frame)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cosmic-genealogical tableau: from the shadow of Vena’s sin arise fisherfolk and mountain-dwelling groups, shown as dispersing toward the Vindhyas and frontier lands.

Characters & Entities

• Vena
• Dhīvara
• Vindhya
• Tumbara
• Khasa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic history links societal conditions to the moral quality of leadership—adharmic rule is said to generate disorder and hardship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The passage is situated within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya; it is not a direct tīrtha-phalāśruti verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.