Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

इत्युक्ता ब्राह्मणाः सर्वे तपोनिर्धूतकल्मषाः । तत्रैव ददृशुः सर्वे त्वष्टारं देवशिल्पिनम्

Transliteration

ityuktā brāhmaṇāḥ sarve taponirdhūtakalmaṣāḥ | tatraiva dadṛśuḥ sarve tvaṣṭāraṃ devaśilpinam

Translation

Thus addressed, all those brāhmaṇas—whose sins had been cleansed by austerity—thereupon beheld Tvaṣṭṛ, the divine artisan, standing there.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Discourse marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/समाप्ति-बोधक अव्यय (quotative particle)

• उक्ताः: having been addressed/told
• उक्ताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वच् (धातु) → उक्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘said to/addressed’

• ब्राह्मणाः: Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• तपः: austerity
• तपः: Sambandha (Compound member)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; समासपूर्वपद

• निर्धूत: shaken off/removed
• निर्धूत: Sambandha (Compound member)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर् + धू (धातु) → निर्धूत (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, समासमध्यपद

• कल्मषाः: those whose sins were removed
• कल्मषाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्मष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (तपसा निर्धूतं कल्मषं येषाम्)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Emphasis
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात

• ददृशुः: saw
• ददृशुः: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• सर्वे: all (of them)
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

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

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

Speaker

Īśvara (narrator voice within the chapter context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Implied Purāṇic audience; within story, brāhmaṇas are recipients of the vision

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Tapas-purified brāhmaṇas suddenly behold Tvaṣṭṛ/Viśvakarman—radiant, holding tools of divine craft—appearing within the sacrificial precinct, as if the very architecture of the rite has become alive.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇas
• Tvaṣṭṛ (Divine Artisan)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Austerity purifies perception and action; the purified become fit to witness and cooperate with divine forces in dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, where divine assistance manifests for the rite.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct injunction; it highlights priestly purity (tapas) as a prerequisite for sacred work.