Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

अन्वासिते पदं ब्राह्म्यं तस्मिन्सूते निपातिते । निष्क्रान्तास्ते द्विजाः सर्वे वनात्कृष्णाजिनांबराः

Transliteration

anvāsite padaṃ brāhmyaṃ tasminsūte nipātite | niṣkrāntāste dvijāḥ sarve vanātkṛṣṇājināṃbarāḥ

Translation

Quando aquele Sūta—que ocupava um assento bramânico—foi derrubado, todos os duas-vezes-nascidos, trajando peles de antílope negro, recuaram e partiram da floresta.

Word by Word

• anvāsite: when (it was) occupied/held
• anvāsite: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: anvās (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past passive participle; क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; अर्थः ‘अन्वासिते/अधिष्ठिते’

• padam: seat/place
• padam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (अत्र अधिकरण-संबन्धे ‘पदम्’ विषयः)

• brāhmyam: brahminical
• brāhmyam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: brāhmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘ब्राह्मण-संबन्धि’

• tasmin: in that (case/at that time)
• tasmin: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुँल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• sūte: in/with regard to the sūta
• sūte: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुँल्लिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• nipātite: when (he was) felled
• nipātite: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni+pat (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past passive participle; क्त), पुँल्लिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘निपातिते’ = ‘पातिते/अवपातिते’

• niṣkrāntāḥ: went out
• niṣkrāntāḥ: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: nis+krām (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (Past active participle in sense; क्त), पुँल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुँल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• dvijāḥ: brahmins (twice-born)
• dvijāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुँल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• sarve: all
• sarve: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुँल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• vanāt: from the forest
• vanāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• kṛṣṇa-ajina-ambarāḥ: wearing black antelope-skins as garments
• kṛṣṇa-ajina-ambarāḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛṣṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + ajina (प्रातिपदिक) + ambara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि-समास (कृष्णाजिनम् अम्बरं येषाम्); पुँल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and other ṛṣis (typical frame) / tīrtha-seekers (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A forest hermitage assembly: a Sūta fallen from a raised seat; brāhmaṇa sages in kṛṣṇājina (black antelope skins) turn away and depart, leaving a charged silence.

Characters & Entities

• Dvijas
• Sūta

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A sacred assembly fractures when dharma is violated; the righteous withdraw from polluted conduct.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra (forest-ashram setting within the māhātmya).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied sanctity of the ‘brāhmya’ seat/place and the consequences of defiling the assembly.