Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 90

Devanagari script

ततः प्रभृति ते तस्य पाषाणा मृदुतां गताः । गृहदेवकुलार्थाय गृह्यंते शिल्पिभिः सह

Transliteration

tataḥ prabhṛti te tasya pāṣāṇā mṛdutāṃ gatāḥ | gṛhadevakulārthāya gṛhyaṃte śilpibhiḥ saha

Translation

اسی وقت سے اُس جگہ کے پتھر نرم ہو گئے؛ اور کاریگر انہیں گھریلو دیوتاؤں کے کُل کے لیے، خاندان کے اِشت دیوتا کی چھوٹی مندرگاہیں اور آستانے بنانے کے لائق سمجھ کر لے جاتے ہیں۔

Word by Word

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (काल/क्रमवाचक adverb)

• प्रभृति: from (that time) onward
• प्रभृति: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रभृति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (आरम्भ-पर्यन्तवाचक/‘from … onwards’)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• तस्य: of him/that
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक-सम्भव, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• पाषाणाः: stones
• पाषाणाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाषाण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• मृदुताम्: softness
• मृदुताम्: Gati/Karman (Result state/फल-रूप कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृदुता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; भाववाचक (softness)

• गताः: became, attained
• गताः: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) → गत (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; क्रियापदवत्

• गृहदेवकुलार्थाय: for the purpose of (making) household-deity shrines/temples
• गृहदेवकुलार्थाय: Sampradāna (Purpose/recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक) + देव (प्रातिपदिक) + कुल (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (गृहदेवकुलस्य अर्थः → गृहदेवकुलार्थः), चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; प्रयोजन-दत्त (dative of purpose)

• गृह्यन्ते: are taken/collected
• गृह्यन्ते: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान/Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; आत्मनेपदम्; कर्मणि प्रयोगः (passive)

• शिल्पिभिः: by artisans
• शिल्पिभिः: Kartr̥ (Agent in passive/कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिल्पिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; करण/कर्तृ-निर्देश (agent in passive)

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahārtha (Accompaniment/सहार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (सह-योगवाचक preposition-like)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narration; speaker not explicit in this snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Artisans quarry and shape unusually soft stones from the sacred place, crafting small household chapels for family deities; the stones seem pliant, blessed by the earlier miracle.

Characters & Entities

• Śilpin (artisans)
• Gṛhadevatā (household deities)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha’s sanctity can extend into daily Dharma—sacred places provide materials and inspiration for worship even in the home.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, portrayed as miraculously providing workable stone for devotional construction.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The implied practice is establishing gṛhadevatā shrines (home worship) using sanctified materials; no formal rite is detailed here.