Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

दोलासंस्थं च ये कृष्णं पश्यंति मधुमाधवे । तेषां पुत्राश्च पौत्राश्च मातामहपितामहाः

Transliteration

dolāsaṃsthaṃ ca ye kṛṣṇaṃ paśyaṃti madhumādhave | teṣāṃ putrāśca pautrāśca mātāmahapitāmahāḥ

Translation

Wer Śrī Kṛṣṇa—Madhusūdana und Mādhava—auf der dolā (Schaukel) sitzend erblickt, empfängt Segen für die ganze Linie: Söhne und Enkel, ja selbst die Großväter mütterlicher- wie väterlicherseits werden durch dieses Verdienst erhoben.

Word by Word

• दोलासंस्थम्: situated on a swing
• दोलासंस्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दोलासंस्थ (प्रातिपदिक; दोला+संस्थ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifier)

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

• ये: those who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• कृष्णम्: Krishna
• कृष्णम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• पश्यन्ति: see
• पश्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन

• मधुमाधवे: in/at Madhumādhava (Krishna as 'Madhusūdana-Mādhava')
• मधुमाधवे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधुमाधव (प्रातिपदिक; मधु+माधव)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; संबोधन/अधिकरणार्थे (locative)

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• पुत्राः: sons
• पुत्राः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

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

• पौत्राः: grandsons
• पौत्राः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पौत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

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

• मातामहपितामहाः: maternal grandfathers and paternal grandfathers (elders)
• मातामहपितामहाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातामह+पितामह (प्रातिपदिक-द्वन्द्व)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (copulative)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) speaking to the sages (contextual attribution within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvāravatī (Dvārakā)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kṛṣṇa seated on a decorated swing (dolā) within a temple pavilion, garlands and lamps swaying; devotees gaze in rapture. Behind them, a subtle ancestral line motif (faded figures) indicates uplift of forebears and descendants.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa
• Madhusūdana
• Mādhava
• Dolā (swing)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Darśana (reverent seeing) of Bhagavān in a sacred setting is portrayed as lineage-uplifting merit, extending beyond the individual to family and ancestors.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, within the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa’s Dvārakā Māhātmya, highlighting the sanctity of beholding Kṛṣṇa there.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit dāna/snān/japa is prescribed in this verse; the act emphasized is dolā-darśana—seeing Kṛṣṇa seated on the swing—as a meritorious devotional observance.