Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

यदुपुर्य्यां प्लावितायां सागरेण समंततः । शक्रप्रस्थं ततो गत्वा कारयित्वा हरेर्गृहम्

Transliteration

yadupuryyāṃ plāvitāyāṃ sāgareṇa samaṃtataḥ | śakraprasthaṃ tato gatvā kārayitvā harergṛham

Translation

Als Yadupurī ringsum vom Ozean überflutet wurde, begab er sich nach Śakraprastha und ließ dort die heilige Wohnstätte Haris errichten.

Word by Word

• yadu-puryām: in the city of the Yadus (Dvārakā)
• yadu-puryām: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yadu (प्रातिपदिक) + purī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (‘यदूनां पुरी’)

• plāvitāyām: when (it was) flooded
• plāvitāyām: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: plāvita (कृदन्त; √plu प्लु, णिच्/causative + क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त ‘प्लावित’ (flooded)

• sāgareṇa: by the ocean
• sāgareṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāgara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (करणे/Instrumental), एकवचनम्

• samantataḥ: on all sides
• samantataḥ: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: samantataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; क्रियाविशेषणम् (adverb) ‘सर्वतः/चारों ओर’

• śakra-prastham: to Śakraprastha (Indraprastha)
• śakra-prastham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śakra (प्रातिपदिक) + prastha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (कर्म/Accusative), एकवचनम्; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (स्थाननाम)

• tataḥ: then/from there
• tataḥ: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; क्रियाविशेषणम् (adverb) ‘ततः/तस्मात्’

• gatvā: having gone
• gatvā: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √gam (गम्) (कृदन्त; त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययम् (gerund/absolutive) ‘गत्वा’

• kārayitvā: having caused (to be) made
• kārayitvā: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √kṛ (कृ) (णिच् causative ‘kāray’) (कृदन्त; त्वा)
• Form: णिच्-क्त्वान्त-अव्ययम् (causative gerund) ‘कारयित्वा’

• hareḥ: of Hari
• hareḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hari (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः (सम्बन्ध/Genitive), एकवचनम्

• gṛham: a house
• gṛham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gṛha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced; not explicit in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā (Yadupurī) / Śakraprastha (Hari-gṛha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The ocean floods Dvārakā on all sides; survivors depart. Then at Śakraprastha, a new dwelling/shrine of Hari is constructed—continuity after loss.

Characters & Entities

• Yadupurī (Dvārakā)
• Ocean (Sāgara)
• Śakraprastha (Indraprastha)
• Hari (Kṛṣṇa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worldly cities rise and sink, but devotion preserves the Lord’s presence through remembrance and sacred re-establishment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā (Yadupurī) is central, with Śakraprastha mentioned as a subsequent locale connected to Hari’s dwelling.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No rite is prescribed; it mentions construction of Hari’s gṛha (a devotional act) as part of the narrative.