Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 78

Devanagari script

सर्वब्राह्मणशालासु स्थानेषु विविधेष्वपि । न तु ते ब्राह्मणाः पूजां करिष्यंति कदाचन

Transliteration

sarvabrāhmaṇaśālāsu sthāneṣu vividheṣvapi | na tu te brāhmaṇāḥ pūjāṃ kariṣyaṃti kadācana

Translation

«ໃນຫໍພຣາຫມັນທັງປວງ ແລະໃນສະຖານທີ່ຫຼາກຫຼາຍ ພຣາຫມັນທັງຫຼາຍຈະບໍ່ກະທໍາພິທີບູຊາແກ່ເຈົ້າເລີຍ»

Word by Word

• sarva: all
• sarva: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासपूर्वपद (विशेषण), नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग — here as qualifier in compound

• brāhmaṇaśālāsu: in the Brahmin halls/schools
• brāhmaṇaśālāsu: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brāhmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + śālā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), बहुवचन — Feminine, Locative (7th), Plural; समास: ब्राह्मणानां शाला (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• sthāneṣu: in places
• sthāneṣu: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sthāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, बहुवचन — Neuter, Locative, Plural

• vividheṣu: various
• vividheṣu: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vividha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, बहुवचन — Locative, Plural (qualifying sthāneṣu)

• api: even/also
• api: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-कारक निपात — Particle (also/even)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध निपात — Negation

• tu: but
• tu: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषार्थक निपात — Particle (but)

• te: your
• te: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी, एकवचन — Pronoun, Genitive, Singular

• brāhmaṇāḥ: Brahmins
• brāhmaṇāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brāhmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• pūjām: worship
• pūjām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pūjā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• kariṣyanti: will perform
• kariṣyanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद — Future, 3rd person, Plural

• kadācana: ever
• kadācana: Kriya-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kadācana (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (निषेधसह) — Adverb (ever/at any time)

Speaker

Sāvitrī (deduced from continuation of her curse formula)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis of Naimiṣāraṇya (frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A formal proclamation in a brāhmaṇa-śālā: learned brāhmaṇas seated in rows refuse ritual honors to the addressed figure; the atmosphere is austere, judicial, and heavy with consequence.

Characters & Entities

• Sāvitrī
• Brahmā
• Brāhmaṇas
• Pūjā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Honor and dharma violations are shown to affect even divine reputation and public worship; actions shape religious memory.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The passage occurs within Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya; it also functions as an etiology for Brahmā’s limited temple-worship.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A restriction is stated: Brahmins will not perform pūjā for Brahmā (with an exception clarified in the next verse).