Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 65

Devanagari script

चक्रुर्महाभिषेकं तु द्वारकायाः प्रहर्षिताः । वादयन्तो विचित्राणि वादित्राणि महोत्सवे

Transliteration

cakrurmahābhiṣekaṃ tu dvārakāyāḥ praharṣitāḥ | vādayanto vicitrāṇi vāditrāṇi mahotsave

Translation

مبتهجين أقاموا المها أبهشيكا (التتويج العظيم) لدواركا، وفي ذلك المهرجان الجليل جعلوا شتّى الآلات الموسيقية تدوي وترنّ.

Word by Word

• चक्रुः: they performed/did
• चक्रुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• महाभिषेकम्: a great consecration (royal anointing)
• महाभिषेकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + अभिषेक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्मधारयसमासः (महान् अभिषेकः)

• तु: indeed/and/but
• तु: Discourse-Particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle)

• द्वारकायाः: of Dvārakā
• द्वारकायाः: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वारका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• प्रहर्षिताः: delighted/overjoyed
• प्रहर्षिताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र + हृष् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (कर्तृपदस्य)

• वादयन्तः: playing (causing to sound)
• वादयन्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वादय् (णिजन्त) < वद् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (शतृ/वर्तमानकृदन्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगः

• विचित्राणि: various/wondrous
• विचित्राणि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विचित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (वादित्राणि)

• वादित्राणि: musical instruments
• वादित्राणि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वादित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• महोत्सवे: at the great festival
• महोत्सवे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + उत्सव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; कर्मधारयसमासः (महान् उत्सवः)

Speaker

Prahlāda (continued narration, implied)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A jubilant consecration festival: devas and sages smiling, pouring abhiṣeka waters; musicians playing drums, conches, cymbals, and horns; banners and lamps around Dvārakā’s temple-city with the sea nearby.

Characters & Entities

• Dvārakā
• Mahābhiṣeka
• Devas (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Celebratory ritual (utsava) is a dharmic mode of honoring sacred places, uniting devotion, community, and sanctity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā is the focus, receiving a formal “great consecration.”

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Mahābhiṣeka (major consecration) and festival observance with auspicious music are described.