Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

मित्रविन्दां च कालिन्दीं भद्रां नाग्नजितीं तथा । अष्टमीं लक्ष्मणां तत्र पूजयेत्कृष्णवल्लभाः

Transliteration

mitravindāṃ ca kālindīṃ bhadrāṃ nāgnajitīṃ tathā | aṣṭamīṃ lakṣmaṇāṃ tatra pūjayetkṛṣṇavallabhāḥ

Translation

ويُستحبّ أن تُعبَد مِترافِندَا وكالِندِي وبَدرَا وكذلك ناغْنَجِتِي؛ وهناك تُعبَد لَكْشْمَنَا ثامنةً—فهؤلاء هنّ زوجاتُ كِرِشْنَا المحبوبات.

Word by Word

• मित्रविन्दाम्: Mitravindā
• मित्रविन्दाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मित्रविन्दा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• कालिन्दीम्: Kālindī
• कालिन्दीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कालिन्दी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• भद्राम्: Bhadrā
• भद्राम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भद्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• नाग्नजितीम्: Nāgnajitī
• नाग्नजितीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाग्नजिती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• तथा: also
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक/प्रकारवाचक (also/likewise)

• अष्टमीम्: Aṣṭamī (the eighth one)
• अष्टमीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अष्टमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• लक्ष्मणाम्: Lakṣmaṇā
• लक्ष्मणाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष्मणा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb: there)

• पूजयेत्: should worship
• पूजयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• कृष्णवल्लभाः: (those) beloved of Kṛṣṇa (his wives)
• कृष्णवल्लभाः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण-वल्लभा (प्रातिपदिक; कृष्ण + वल्लभा)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (कृष्णस्य वल्लभाः)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from continuing ritual enumeration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā pīṭha of Kṛṣṇa-vallabhāḥ (Aṣṭa-bhāryāḥ)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The remaining queens appear in a balanced composition, completing eight: Mitravindā, Kāḷindī (Yamunā-associated), Bhadrā, Nāgnajitī, and Lakṣmaṇā as the eighth; offerings are placed as the worshipper completes the circuit and final salutations.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa
• Mitravindā
• Kālindī
• Bhadrā
• Nāgnajitī
• Lakṣmaṇā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The māhātmya frames Dvārakā as a complete sacred realm where divine relationships and auspicious feminine powers are ritually honored.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, with a pīṭha-centered worship that includes Kṛṣṇa’s aṣṭa-mahīṣīs (eight principal queens).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship of the remaining queens—Mitravindā, Kālindī, Bhadrā, Nāgnajitī, and Lakṣmaṇā as the eighth.