Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

नमस्करोति भवतीं भवंतं च सहाग्रजः । अनामयं पृष्टवांश्च तौ च क्षेमेण तिष्ठतः

Transliteration

namaskaroti bhavatīṃ bhavaṃtaṃ ca sahāgrajaḥ | anāmayaṃ pṛṣṭavāṃśca tau ca kṣemeṇa tiṣṭhataḥ

Translation

Er erweist euch beiden, zusammen mit seinem älteren Bruder, ehrfürchtige Verehrung; er erkundigt sich nach eurem Wohlergehen und fragt, ob ihr in Sicherheit und Heil verweilt.

Word by Word

• नमस्करोति: offers salutations
• नमस्करोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नमस् + कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; ‘नमस्करोति’ = नमस्कारं करोति (periphrastic)

• भवतीम्: to you (lady)
• भवतीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; आदरार्थ-प्रयोगः (honorific ‘you’)

• भवन्तम्: to you (sir)
• भवन्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; आदरार्थ-प्रयोगः (honorific ‘you’)

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

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahakaraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक-उपपद (with)

• अग्रजः: the elder brother
• अग्रजः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्रज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; कर्तृ-समनाधिकरणम् (in apposition to implied subject)

• अनामयम्: health, well-being
• अनामयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनामय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (अर्थे ‘well-being’), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; ‘अनामयम्’ = आरोग्यम्

• पृष्टवान्: asked
• पृष्टवान्: Kriya (Predicate action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रच्छ् (धातु)
• Form: क्तवतु-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Perfect participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘having asked’

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

• तौ: those two
• तौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (सन्दर्भे), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), द्विवचन

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

• क्षेमेण: safely, in welfare
• क्षेमेण: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणार्थे (adverbial instrumental)

• तिष्ठतः: are staying/standing
• तिष्ठतः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथम-पुरुष, द्विवचन

Speaker

Uddhava (conveying Kṛṣṇa’s message)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā (sender’s seat) and Vraja (recipients)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yaśodā and Nanda

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Uddhava delivers the formal greeting: ‘He offers reverence to you both’; Yaśodā and Nanda’s posture shifts from grief to attentive calm, as if receiving a sacred salutation from afar.

Characters & Entities

• Uddhava
• Kṛṣṇa
• Balarāma
• Nanda
• Yaśodā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma includes humility and honoring one’s elders; divine love expresses itself through respect and concern for others’ welfare.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Within Dvārakā-māhātmya, the verse highlights the living bond between Dvārakā and Vraja through Kṛṣṇa’s conduct.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the practical dharma shown is namaskāra (reverent salutation) and welfare-inquiry.