Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

संपूज्य क्रृष्णं विधिवद्रुक्मिणीं पूजयेत्ततः । स्नापयेद्दधिदुग्धाभ्यां मधुशर्करया तथा

Transliteration

saṃpūjya krṛṣṇaṃ vidhivadrukmiṇīṃ pūjayettataḥ | snāpayeddadhidugdhābhyāṃ madhuśarkarayā tathā

Translation

بعد أن يُعبَد كريشنا على الوجه المأثور، فليُعبَد بعده رُكمِنيّ؛ ولتُغسَل (صورتها) باللبن الرائب والحليب، وكذلك بالعسل والسكر.

Word by Word

• संपूज्य: having duly worshipped
• संपूज्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+पूज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययम् (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकाले (having first done)

• कृष्णम्: Krishna
• कृष्णम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्

• विधिवत्: according to proper rite
• विधिवत्: Sambandha (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधिवत् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्ययम् (adverb: according to rule)

• रुक्मिणीम्: Rukmini
• रुक्मिणीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुक्मिणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गः, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्

• पूजयेत्: should worship
• पूजयेत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्/विधिलिङ्-प्रयोगः (injunctive/optative: should), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्, परस्मैपदम्

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: Kala (Sequence/क्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रम/अनन्तर-बोधक-अव्ययम् (thereafter)

• स्नापयेत्: should bathe (cause to be bathed)
• स्नापयेत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु) [णिच् causative: स्नापय]
• Form: णिजन्त-धातु (causative), लोट्/विधिलिङ्-प्रयोगः (should cause to bathe), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्, परस्मैपदम्

• दधिदुग्धाभ्याम्: with curd and milk
• दधिदुग्धाभ्याम्: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दधि-दुग्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गम् (collective), तृतीया (3rd case), द्विवचनम् (dual); द्वन्द्वसमासः (दधि + दुग्ध)

• मधुशर्करया: with honey and sugar
• मधुशर्करया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधु-शर्करा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गः, तृतीया, एकवचनम्; द्वन्द्वसमासः (मधु + शर्करा)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/प्रकार-बोधक-अव्ययम् (also/likewise)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced: Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rukmiṇī-pūjā in Dvārakā

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Tīrtha-yātrins/śrotṛs

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Inside a sanctum, the priest/devotee completes Kṛṣṇa’s pūjā and turns to Rukmiṇī’s image; vessels of curd, milk, honey, and sugar are arranged; abhiṣeka begins with white streams over the deity.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa
• Rukmiṇī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Proper, reverent worship (vidhi) of Kṛṣṇa and Rukmiṇī is upheld as a dharmic path to grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, where the worship of Kṛṣṇa and Rukmiṇī is celebrated.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform pūjā to Kṛṣṇa first, then to Rukmiṇī; do abhiṣeka with curd and milk, and with honey and sugar.