Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 112

Devanagari script

गृहाणि यानि नग्नानि शून्यान्यायतनानि च । विध्वस्तानि च यानि स्यू रचनारोषितानि च

Transliteration

gṛhāṇi yāni nagnāni śūnyānyāyatanāni ca | vidhvastāni ca yāni syū racanāroṣitāni ca

Translation

«Les maisons nues et à découvert, les sanctuaires et demeures vides; celles qui sont en ruine, et celles qui ont été troublées et rendues désertes—»

Word by Word

• गृहाणि: houses
• गृहाणि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन

• यानि: which
• यानि: Sambandha (Relative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• नग्नानि: bare, uncovered
• नग्नानि: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नग्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषणम्

• शून्यानि: empty
• शून्यानि: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शून्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषणम्

• आयतनानि: abodes, shrines/places
• आयतनानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयतन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction)

• विध्वस्तानि: destroyed
• विध्वस्तानि: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + ध्वंस् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (destroyed)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction)

• यानि: which
• यानि: Sambandha (Relative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• स्युः: may be/should be
• स्युः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• रचनारोषितानि: damaged/ruined by construction (works)
• रचनारोषितानि: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रचना + रोषित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP) ‘रोषित’ (angered/afflicted) with पूर्वपद ‘रचना’; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषणम्

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction)

Speaker

Unspecified first-person narrator within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya (contextual narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacred town’s edge: roofless, empty houses and collapsed shrines, wind-blown dust, broken doorframes—an atmosphere of abandonment contrasted with distant temple spires.

Characters & Entities

• Piśāca

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Neglect of habitation and sanctity creates disorder; dharma emphasizes upkeep, purity, and respectful maintenance of spaces.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, whose māhātmya maps even abandoned spaces within its sacred topography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, it supports the dharmic value of maintaining homes and shrines; no direct rite is named in this verse.