Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

उग्रसेने नरपतौ प्रशासति वसुन्धराम् । कृष्णो यदुपुरीमेतां शोभयामास सर्वतः

Transliteration

ugrasene narapatau praśāsati vasundharām | kṛṣṇo yadupurīmetāṃ śobhayāmāsa sarvataḥ

Translation

Als König Ugrasena die Erde regierte, schmückte Kṛṣṇa diese Stadt der Yadu (Dvārakā) nach allen Seiten hin und ließ sie erstrahlen.

Word by Word

• ugrasene: when Ugrasena
• ugrasene: Kāla/Adhikaraṇa (Circumstance/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ugrasena (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (locative absolute)

• nara-patau: (as) king
• nara-patau: Viśeṣaṇa (Apposition/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक) + pati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘narāṇāṃ patiḥ’ (king) appositional to ugrasene

• praśāsati: was ruling
• praśāsati: Kriyā (Action in locative absolute/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√śās (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान/Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; locative-absolute sense with ugrasene narapatau

• vasundharām: the earth
• vasundharām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vasundharā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• kṛṣṇaḥ: Kṛṣṇa
• kṛṣṇaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛṣṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• yadu-purīm: the city of the Yadus
• yadu-purīm: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yadu (प्रातिपदिक) + purī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘yadūnām purīm’ (city of the Yadus)

• etām: this
• etām: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (purīm qualifies)

• śobhayāmāsa: adorned, made splendid
• śobhayāmāsa: Kriyā (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śubh (धातु) caus. śobhaya + āsa (periphrastic perfect)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परोक्षभूत/Periphrastic perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच् (causative)

• sarvataḥ: everywhere, on all sides
• sarvataḥ: Deśa (Spatial modifier/देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sarvatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

Speaker

Unnamed narrator within Dvārakā Māhātmya (contextual storyteller)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā (Yadupurī)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Ugrasena enthroned as king while Kṛṣṇa oversees the city’s radiant prosperity—gates, ramparts, gardens, and sea-harbor gleam in all directions.

Characters & Entities

• Ugrasena
• Kṛṣṇa
• Yadu
• Dvārakā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Righteous kingship and divine presence together make a realm auspicious; Dvārakā’s splendor is framed as dharma supported by Bhagavān.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā (Yadupurī), the sacred city in Ānarta, praised within the Dvārakā Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse establishes the sacred-historical setting for Dvārakā’s greatness.