Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा ऊचतुर्वचनं नृपम् । द्वापरस्य युगस्यान्तं भगवान्देवकीसुतः

Transliteration

tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā ūcaturvacanaṃ nṛpam | dvāparasya yugasyāntaṃ bhagavāndevakīsutaḥ

Translation

তার কথা শুনে সেই দুই ব্রাহ্মণ রাজাকে বললেন—“দ্বাপরযুগের অন্তে ভগবান দেবকীপুত্র (প্রকাশিত হবেন)…।”

Word by Word

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक; सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक; सर्वनाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण-प्रयोग

• vacanam: speech/words
• vacanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vacana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• śrutvā: having heard
• śrutvā: Kriya (Non-finite action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śru (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund) ‘having heard’

• ūcatuḥ: the two said
• ūcatuḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, द्विवचन

• vacanam: words
• vacanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vacana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• nṛpam: to the king
• nṛpam: Sampradana (Addressee/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• dvāparasya: of Dvāpara
• dvāparasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvāpara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• yugasya: of the age
• yugasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• antam: end
• antam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• bhagavān: the Blessed Lord
• bhagavān: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• devakīsutaḥ: son of Devakī (Kṛṣṇa)
• devakīsutaḥ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devakī (प्रातिपदिक) + suta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (devakī-suta = ‘son of Devakī’)

Speaker

Two brāhmaṇas (responding to Nṛga)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The two brāhmaṇas, after hearing Nṛga, speak with prophetic calm: ‘At the end of Dvāpara, the Blessed Devakī’s son…’ The air feels charged with cosmic time, as if the horizon opens to future līlā.

Characters & Entities

• Nṛga
• two brāhmaṇas
• Devakī-suta (Śrī Kṛṣṇa)
• Dvāpara Yuga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine intervention is timed within cosmic order; liberation often arrives through the Lord’s grace at the destined moment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā is implicitly central, as the Lord Devakī’s son is the presiding divine figure of Dvārakā’s Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse begins the explanation of how the curse will end through contact with the Lord.