Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 71

Devanagari script

सा विश्वकर्मणः पत्नी प्राह्लादी प्रोच्यते बुधैः

Transliteration

sā viśvakarmaṇaḥ patnī prāhlādī procyate budhaiḥ

Translation

Elle est l’épouse de Viśvakarman, et les sages la déclarent être Prāhlādī.

Word by Word

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद्-प्रातिपदिक, सर्वनाम)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• viśvakarmaṇaḥ: of Viśvakarman
• viśvakarmaṇaḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viśvakarman (विश्वकर्मन्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• patnī: wife
• patnī: Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: patnī (पत्नी-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• prāhlādī: Prāhlādī (name/epithet)
• prāhlādī: Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prāhlādī (प्राह्लादी-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• procyate: is called/said
• procyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra+vac (प्र+वच्-धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)

• budhaiḥ: by the wise
• budhaiḥ: Kartr̥ (Agent in passive/कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: budha (बुध-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

Speaker

Sūta (deduced for Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Prāhlādī introduced as Viśvakarman’s consort; a divine workshop hinted—tools, yantras, and a luminous blueprint of a temple or celestial city behind them.

Characters & Entities

• Viśvakarman
• Prāhlādī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred tradition preserves names and relations to transmit cultural memory; dharma is carried through recognized lineages and roles.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse belongs to the Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya narrative frame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it identifies a key divine figure (Viśvakarman) often invoked in craftsmanship and consecration contexts.