Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा विश्वकर्मा त्वरान्वितः । गत्वा चकार नगरं शिल्पिकोटिभिरावृतः

Transliteration

tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā viśvakarmā tvarānvitaḥ | gatvā cakāra nagaraṃ śilpikoṭibhirāvṛtaḥ

Translation

Entendant cet ordre, Viśvakarmā, saisi d’empressement, s’en alla et bâtit une cité, entourée de crores d’artisans.

Word by Word

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• tat: that
• tat: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying vacanam)

• vacanam: speech, command
• vacanam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vacana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• śrutvā: having heard
• śrutvā: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √śru (धातु) + ktvā (कृत्)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive)

• viśvakarmā: Viśvakarman
• viśvakarmā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viśvakarman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• tvarānvitaḥ: endowed with haste, in a hurry
• tvarānvitaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tvarā + anvita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तृतीया-तत्पुरुष (tvarayā anvitaḥ = endowed with haste)

• gatvā: having gone
• gatvā: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √gam (धातु) + ktvā (कृत्)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive)

• cakāra: made, built
• cakāra: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• nagaram: a city
• nagaram: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nagara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• śilpikoṭibhiḥ: with crores of artisans
• śilpikoṭibhiḥ: Karana (Instrument/Association/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śilpin + koṭi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (śilpināṃ koṭayaḥ)

• āvṛtaḥ: surrounded
• āvṛtaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ā + √vṛ (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying viśvakarmā)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Uṇṇata city-site in Prabhāsa-kṣetra (near Ṛṣitoyā)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Viśvakarmā rushes to the appointed site; countless artisans surround him, raising walls, gateways, and shrines in a coordinated sacred construction.

Characters & Entities

• Viśvakarmā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine intention manifests through disciplined action—sacred places arise by the will of Īśvara and the service of cosmic beings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra (Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya), where a divinely founded city is being established.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse focuses on the sacred founding of the city as part of the kṣetra-māhātmya.