Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 71

Devanagari script

सा विश्वकर्मणः पत्नी प्राह्लादी प्रोच्यते बुधैः

Transliteration

sā viśvakarmaṇaḥ patnī prāhlādī procyate budhaiḥ

Translation

ସେ ବିଶ୍ୱକର୍ମାଙ୍କ ପତ୍ନୀ; ବୁଦ୍ଧିମାନମାନେ ତାଙ୍କୁ ‘ପ୍ରାହ୍ଲାଦୀ’ ବୋଲି କହନ୍ତି।

Word by Word

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद्-प्रातिपदिक, सर्वनाम)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• viśvakarmaṇaḥ: of Viśvakarman
• viśvakarmaṇaḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viśvakarman (विश्वकर्मन्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• patnī: wife
• patnī: Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: patnī (पत्नी-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• prāhlādī: Prāhlādī (name/epithet)
• prāhlādī: Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prāhlādī (प्राह्लादी-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• procyate: is called/said
• procyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra+vac (प्र+वच्-धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)

• budhaiḥ: by the wise
• budhaiḥ: Kartr̥ (Agent in passive/कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: budha (बुध-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

Speaker

Sūta (deduced for Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Prāhlādī introduced as Viśvakarman’s consort; a divine workshop hinted—tools, yantras, and a luminous blueprint of a temple or celestial city behind them.

Characters & Entities

• Viśvakarman
• Prāhlādī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred tradition preserves names and relations to transmit cultural memory; dharma is carried through recognized lineages and roles.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse belongs to the Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya narrative frame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it identifies a key divine figure (Viśvakarman) often invoked in craftsmanship and consecration contexts.