Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 90

Devanagari script

अतस्त्वं ब्राह्मणो जातो देशे मालवके नृप । तस्यैव तत्र भार्याहं संभूता ब्राह्मणी नृप

Transliteration

atastvaṃ brāhmaṇo jāto deśe mālavake nṛpa | tasyaiva tatra bhāryāhaṃ saṃbhūtā brāhmaṇī nṛpa

Translation

ด้วยเหตุนี้ ข้าแต่ราชา ท่านจึงได้ไปเกิดเป็นพราหมณ์ในแคว้นมาลวะ และ ณ ที่แห่งนั้น ข้าแต่ราชา ข้าพระองค์ได้เกิดเป็นภรรยาของท่าน เป็นนางพราหมณี

Word by Word

• atas: therefore
• atas: Sambandha/Hetu (logical connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atas (अतः, अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात/सम्बन्धबोधक (indeclinable particle/adverb): ‘therefore/then’

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (युष्मद्, सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुं/स्त्री (common); प्रथमा (1st case, Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• brāhmaṇaḥ: a Brahmin
• brāhmaṇaḥ: Karta (Subject complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brāhmaṇa (ब्राह्मण, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन

• jātaḥ: born
• jātaḥ: Karta-bhāva (predicative to subject)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (जन्, धातु) + jāta (जात, कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle, क्त); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘born/come into being’ (used predicatively)

• deśe: in the country/region
• deśe: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deśa (देश, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन

• mālavake: Malava (region)
• mālavake: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mālavaka (मालवक, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier) to ‘deśe’

• nṛpa: O king
• nṛpa: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpa (नृप, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद्, सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुं/नपुं; षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन

• eva: indeed/only
• eva: Avadhāraṇa (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (एव, अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic particle)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (तत्र, अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• bhāryā: wife
• bhāryā: Karta (Subject complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāryā (भार्या, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद्, सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन

• saṃbhūtā: was born/arose
• saṃbhūtā: Karta-bhāva (predicative to subject)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (भू, धातु) + saṃbhūta (सम्भूत, कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle, क्त); स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘arisen/been born’ (used predicatively)

• brāhmaṇī: a Brahmin woman
• brāhmaṇī: Karta (Subject complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brāhmaṇī (ब्राह्मणी, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन; जातिवाचक (female Brahmin)

• nṛpa: O king
• nṛpa: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpa (नृप, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified female speaker within the narrative (addressing ‘nṛpa’)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mālava (regional kṣetra reference)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King addressed as ‘nṛpa’

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A revelation scene: the speaker tells the king that he was reborn as a brāhmaṇa in Mālava, and she as his brāhmaṇī wife—shown as a transition from cremation imagery to a serene Malwa household with Vedic symbols.

Characters & Entities

• Mālava

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It frames rebirth as karmically ordered, with relationships and social status (varṇa) presented as consequences of prior actions.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The surrounding chapter is part of Vastrāpatha-kṣetra Māhātmya in Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa, though this verse itself names Mālava as a rebirth-location.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is prescribed in this verse; it advances the narrative of karmic rebirth.