Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

दुर्वासा उवाच । कुशलं कृष्ण सर्वत्र कुत्र वासस्तवाऽधुना । कति दारा धनापत्यमेतद्विस्तरतो वद

Transliteration

durvāsā uvāca | kuśalaṃ kṛṣṇa sarvatra kutra vāsastavā'dhunā | kati dārā dhanāpatyametadvistarato vada

Translation

Durvāsā sprach: „O Kṛṣṇa, geht es dir überall wohl? Wo ist jetzt deine Wohnstatt? Wie viele Gemahlinnen hast du, und wie steht es um Reichtum und Nachkommenschaft? Sage es mir ausführlich.“

Word by Word

• दुर्वासा: Durvāsā
• दुर्वासा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्वासा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; वक्ता (speaker)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• कुशलम्: well-being
• कुशलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुशल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; प्रश्नविषय

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

• सर्वत्र: everywhere
• सर्वत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb: everywhere)

• कुत्र: where?
• कुत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कुत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रश्नवाचक अव्यय (interrogative adverb: where)

• वासः: residence, dwelling
• वासः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘dwelling/residence’

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• अधुना: now
• अधुना: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधुना (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb: now)

• कति: how many
• कति: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कति (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रश्नवाचक, बहुवचन-प्रयोग; (here) पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; संख्याविशेषण

• दाराः: wives
• दाराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; ‘wives’ (pluralia tantum)

• धन: wealth
• धन: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समाहार-द्वन्द्वस्य अङ्ग (member of a coordination)

• अपत्यम्: offspring
• अपत्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समाहार-द्वन्द्वस्य अङ्ग

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• विस्तरतः: in detail
• विस्तरतः: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विस्तरतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त; ‘in detail/at length’

• वद: tell, speak
• वद: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वद् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Durvāsā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Durvāsā addresses Kṛṣṇa directly, seated or standing with authoritative calm, asking about his residence, wives, wealth, and children; Kṛṣṇa listens attentively; Rukmiṇī stands modestly nearby.

Characters & Entities

• Durvāsā
• Kṛṣṇa
• Dvārakā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma treats worldly life (home, family, prosperity) as accountable to righteousness and worthy of inquiry by sages.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā is foregrounded through the question about Kṛṣṇa’s present abode, preparing the praise of the sacred city.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the focus is on inquiry that leads into the māhātmya (glorification) of the holy place and its dharmic order.