Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

प्रासादास्तत्र सौवर्णा नवलक्षाणि संख्यया । तस्यां वसामि संहृष्टस्त्वत्प्रसादात्सुनिर्भयः

Transliteration

prāsādāstatra sauvarṇā navalakṣāṇi saṃkhyayā | tasyāṃ vasāmi saṃhṛṣṭastvatprasādātsunirbhayaḥ

Translation

„Dort sind die Paläste golden, an Zahl neun Lakhs. In jener Stadt wohne ich froh und völlig furchtlos, durch deine Gnade.“

Word by Word

• प्रासादाः: palaces
• प्रासादाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रासाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb of place)

• सौवर्णाः: golden
• सौवर्णाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सौवर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; ‘golden’

• नव: nine
• नव: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नव (संख्याशब्द-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्याविशेषण (numeral adjective)

• लक्षाणि: lakhs (hundred-thousands)
• लक्षाणि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; परिमाण/संख्या

• संख्यया: by number, in count
• संख्यया: Karana (Instrument/Measure/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संख्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; ‘by count/number’

• तस्याम्: in that (city)
• तस्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• वसामि: I dwell
• वसामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• संहृष्टः: delighted
• संहृष्टः: Karta (Subject-complement/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-हृष् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past participle used adjectivally), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘delighted’

• त्वत्: your
• त्वत्: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; (in compound) ‘your’

• प्रसादात्: from (your) grace
• प्रसादात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Ablative/हेतु-अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; कारणार्थ (cause)

• सु: very, well
• सु: Upapada (Modifier/उपपद)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
• Form: उपसर्ग/प्रादि (prefix-like indeclinable), ‘well/very’ (in compound)

• निर्भयः: fearless
• निर्भयः: Karta (Subject-complement/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्भय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘fearless’

Speaker

Kṛṣṇa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Durvāsā

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A panoramic vision of Dvārakā: innumerable golden palaces; Kṛṣṇa speaks with serene joy, emphasizing fearlessness granted by grace.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa
• Durvāsā
• Dvārakā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Prosperity becomes dharmic and stabilizing when rooted in grace, humility, and protection aligned with righteousness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, celebrated as a resplendent, divinely protected city of extraordinary splendor.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse is descriptive praise (māhātmya) of Dvārakā’s sacred magnificence.