Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

रुद्राणां प्रददौ कन्या दशानां धर्मवित्तदा । प्रभावती सुभद्रा च विमला निर्मलाऽनृता

Transliteration

rudrāṇāṃ pradadau kanyā daśānāṃ dharmavittadā | prabhāvatī subhadrā ca vimalā nirmalā'nṛtā

Translation

हे पर्वतात्मजे! धर्म व संपत्ती देणाऱ्या कन्यांना त्याने दहा रुद्रांना अर्पण केले—प्रभावती, सुभद्रा, विमला, निर्मला आणि अनृता इत्यादी।

Word by Word

• रुद्राणाम्: of the Rudras
• रुद्राणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन

• प्रददौ: gave (bestowed)
• प्रददौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु) + प्र (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• कन्याः: daughters
• कन्याः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन

• दशानाम्: of ten (tenfold)
• दशानाम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दशन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन; संख्यावाचक-विशेषण

• धर्मवित्तदाः: givers of wealth through dharma (righteous prosperity-givers)
• धर्मवित्तदाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म + वित्त + दा (प्रातिपदिक; दा-धातुजन्य)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन; समासः (धर्मवित्तं ददाति इति)

• प्रभावती: Prabhāvatī
• प्रभावती: Apposition (नाम/सम्बोधन-रहित विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभावत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; नाम

• सुभद्रा: Subhadrā
• सुभद्रा: Apposition
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुभद्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; नाम

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• विमला: Vimalā
• विमला: Apposition
• Type: Noun
• Root: विमल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; नाम

• निर्मला: Nirmalā
• निर्मला: Apposition
• Type: Noun
• Root: निर्मल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; नाम

• अनृता: Anṛtā
• अनृता: Apposition
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; नाम

Speaker

Sūta (deduced from continuous narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārvatī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A Śaiva assembly: ten Rudras in fierce-yet-auspicious forms receive daughters symbolizing purity and dharma-wealth; Somnātha liṅga or a Śiva shrine anchors the scene; the daughters hold white lotuses, scriptures, and lamps.

Characters & Entities

• Rudras (ten)
• Prabhāvatī
• Subhadrā
• Vimalā
• Nirmalā
• Anṛtā
• Dakṣa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śaiva order is integrated into dharma: the Rudras’ sphere is linked with purity and dharmic flourishing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Prabhāsa Māhātmya context frames the narration; this verse itself is not a direct tīrtha-stuti.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it is a genealogical-theological statement.