Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

यस्तं पूजयते भक्त्या हृषीकेशे नृपार्बुदे । स याति विष्णुसालोक्यं प्रसादाच्च हरेर्नृप

Transliteration

yastaṃ pūjayate bhaktyā hṛṣīkeśe nṛpārbude | sa yāti viṣṇusālokyaṃ prasādācca harernṛpa

Translation

Wer Ihn in Hṛṣīkeśa mit Hingabe verehrt, o König von Arbuda, erlangt durch Hāris Gnade das Viṣṇu-sālokya, die Gemeinschaft im Reich Viṣṇus, o König.

Word by Word

• yaḥ: who (he who)
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• tam: him
• tam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; निर्देश-सर्वनाम

• pūjayate: worships
• pūjayate: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pūj (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• bhaktyā: with devotion
• bhaktyā: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• hṛṣīkeśe: in/at Hṛṣīkeśa (Vishnu)
• hṛṣīkeśe: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hṛṣīkeśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• nṛpa-arbude: in Arbuda (mountain) of the king
• nṛpa-arbude: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpa (प्रातिपदिक) + arbuda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (नृपस्य अर्बुदे)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• yāti: goes/attains
• yāti: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• viṣṇu-sālokyam: Vishnu’s realm (sālokya)
• viṣṇu-sālokyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक) + sālokya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (विष्णोः सालोक्यम्)

• prasādāt: from (His) grace
• prasādāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prasāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• hareḥ: of Hari
• hareḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hari (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• nṛpa: O king
• nṛpa: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Unnamed Purāṇic narrator (contextual speaker within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hṛṣīkeśa (Arbuda)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Arbuda king (nṛpārbuda)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee offers heartfelt worship before Hṛṣīkeśa; the deity’s grace is shown as a luminous descent, with a vision of Vaikuṇṭha-like realm indicating sālokya.

Characters & Entities

• Hṛṣīkeśa
• Viṣṇu
• Hari
• Viṣṇu-sālokya
• Arbuda

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional worship at a sanctified place is said to mature into divine proximity—Viṣṇu-sālokya—through grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hṛṣīkeśa in the Arbuda section of the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bhakti-based pūjā (devotional worship) of Hṛṣīkeśa.