Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 50

Devanagari script

ज्येष्ठाष्टम्यां नरैर्यैस्तु पूजिता कुष्णवल्लभा । तेषां मनोरथावाप्तिर्जायते नात्र संशयः

Transliteration

jyeṣṭhāṣṭamyāṃ narairyaistu pūjitā kuṣṇavallabhā | teṣāṃ manorathāvāptirjāyate nātra saṃśayaḥ

Translation

Am achten Tithi des Monats Jyeṣṭha erlangen jene, die Rukmiṇī, die Geliebte Śrī Kṛṣṇas, verehren, gewiss die Erfüllung ihrer Herzenswünsche; daran besteht kein Zweifel.

Word by Word

• ज्येष्ठाष्टम्याम्: on the Jyeṣṭhā aṣṭamī (8th lunar day)
• ज्येष्ठाष्टम्याम्: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्येष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक) + अष्टमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (Locative), एकवचनम्; तिथिवाचक-समासः

• नरैः: by men
• नरैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (Instrumental), बहुवचनम्

• यैः: by whom
• यैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम

• तु: indeed/and
• तु: Sambandha/Particle (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; निपातः (emphatic/contrastive particle)

• पूजिता: worshipped
• पूजिता: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूजित (पूज् धातु, क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle)

• कृष्णवल्लभा: Kṛṣṇa’s beloved (Rukmiṇī/Devī)
• कृष्णवल्लभा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक) + वल्लभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative), एकवचनम्; विशेष्य-देवीवाचकः

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Shashthi-Sambandha (Possessive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः (Genitive), बहुवचनम्

• मनोरथावाप्तिः: attainment of desired wishes
• मनोरथावाप्तिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनोरथ (प्रातिपदिक) + आवाप्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• जायते: arises/occurs
• जायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (Present), प्रथम-पुरुषः, एकवचनम्; आत्मनेपदम्

• न: not
• न: Sambandha/Particle (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; निषेध-निपातः (negation)

• अत्र: here/in this matter
• अत्र: Desha-Adhikarana (Locative sense/देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; देशवाचक-अव्ययम् (adverb of place)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating (contextual attribution within Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā (Rukmiṇī/Kṛṣṇa-vallabhā worship)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Jyeṣṭha aṣṭamī worship: devotees offer garlands and lamps to Rukmiṇī as Kṛṣṇa-vallabhā; the shrine is bright with flowers and cloth; the mood is confident and prayerful, emphasizing boon-granting grace.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa
• Rukmiṇī (implied as Kṛṣṇavallabhā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Timely worship (kāla-viśeṣa) of the deity in a sacred tradition is said to grant success in righteous aspirations.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, where Rukmiṇī–Kṛṣṇa worship is central in this section.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā of Kṛṣṇa’s beloved (Rukmiṇī) on Jyeṣṭha Aṣṭamī.