Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 92

Devanagari script

ब्राह्मणानृत्विजः सर्वान्सावित्री ह्यशपत्तदा

Transliteration

brāhmaṇānṛtvijaḥ sarvānsāvitrī hyaśapattadā

Translation

Alors Sāvitrī, en vérité, maudit tous les brāhmanes qui officiaient comme prêtres du rite.

Word by Word

• ब्राह्मणान्: Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; कर्म

• ऋत्विजः: (as) officiating priests
• ऋत्विजः: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋत्विज् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; (ब्राह्मणान् इत्यस्य विशेषण/अप्पोजिशन)

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• सावित्री: Sāvitrī
• सावित्री: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सावित्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्तृ

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle/emphasis)

• अशपत्: cursed
• अशपत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शप् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

Speaker

Unspecified (contextual: narrator within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣi-audience (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sāvitrī, radiant and stern, pronounces a curse upon assembled brāhmaṇa-ṛtvijas in a yajña hall; priests recoil, ritual implements pause mid-action, and the atmosphere turns charged with sacred speech.

Characters & Entities

• Sāvitrī
• Brāhmaṇas
• Ṛtvij (priests)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual authority without inner purity is censured; dharma demands integrity from religious leaders.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse occurs within the Prabhāsakṣetra māhātmya, which frames such events to heighten sacred-historical meaning.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It references ṛtvij priests (yajña context) but gives no specific prescription.