Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 92

Devanagari script

ब्राह्मणानृत्विजः सर्वान्सावित्री ह्यशपत्तदा

Transliteration

brāhmaṇānṛtvijaḥ sarvānsāvitrī hyaśapattadā

Translation

അപ്പോൾ സാവിത്രി യാഗത്തിലെ ഋത്വിജന്മാരായ എല്ലാ ബ്രാഹ്മണരെയും തീർച്ചയായും ശപിച്ചു.

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.