Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 93

Devanagari script

तस्मिन्नेव काले तु तस्यास्थीनि शतक्रतुः । प्रगृह्य विश्वकर्माणं ततः प्रोवाच सादरम्

Transliteration

tasminneva kāle tu tasyāsthīni śatakratuḥ | pragṛhya viśvakarmāṇaṃ tataḥ provāca sādaram

Translation

At that very time, Śatakratu (Indra), taking up his bones, then respectfully addressed Viśvakarmā.

Word by Word

• तस्मिन्: in that (time/place)
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्गे/पुंलिङ्गे (सन्दर्भानुसार), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन (Singular); अधिकरण-प्रयोग (locative of place/time)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle/emphatic)

• काले: at the time
• काले: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• तु: but/and
• तु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/विरोधार्थक निपात (conj./adversative particle)

• तस्य: of him/of that one
• तस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• अस्थीनि: bones
• अस्थीनि: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्थि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन

• शतक्रतुः: Śatakratu (Indra)
• शतक्रतुः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत-क्रतु (प्रातिपदिक; इन्द्र-पर्याय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (शतं क्रतवो यस्य/शतक्रतुः)

• प्रगृह्य: having taken/holding
• प्रगृह्य: Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); अव्ययभाव; ‘having taken/after taking’

• विश्वकर्माणम्: Viśvakarman
• विश्वकर्माणम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वकर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक; देव-नाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• ततः: then/thereupon
• ततः: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय; तदस्)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• प्रोवाच: said/spoke
• प्रोवाच: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/परोक्ष), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सादरम्: respectfully
• सादरम्: Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स-आदर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावेन क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial accusative); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (used adverbially)

Speaker

Narrator (Sūta, implied continuation)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra, holding the sacred bones, turns to Viśvakarmā with reverence; the divine architect stands ready amid celestial tools and luminous workshop space.

Characters & Entities

• Indra (Śatakratu)
• Dadhīci
• Viśvakarmā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred offerings are to be used purposefully and reverently for dharmic protection, not for display.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is narrative within a tīrtha-mahātmya context; it does not specify a pilgrimage site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it describes the immediate handling of the sacred relics (asthīni) for a divine task.