Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

श्रूयतां तत्फलं विप्राः सर्वोत्कृष्टं वदाम्यहम् । संप्राप्य वांछितान्कामान्कृष्णानुग्रहभाजनम्

Transliteration

śrūyatāṃ tatphalaṃ viprāḥ sarvotkṛṣṭaṃ vadāmyaham | saṃprāpya vāṃchitānkāmānkṛṣṇānugrahabhājanam

Translation

Hört, o Brāhmaṇas, die Frucht davon: Ich verkünde das allerhöchste Ergebnis—man erlangt die ersehnten Ziele und wird zu einem würdigen Gefäß für Kṛṣṇas Gnade.

Word by Word

• śrūyatām: let (it) be heard
• śrūyatām: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/benedictive sense), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular), आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोगे ‘श्रूयताम’ = ‘let it be heard’

• tat: that
• tat: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (nom./acc.), एकवचन; ‘that’ (demonstrative)

• phalam: fruit/result
• phalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• viprāḥ: O brāhmaṇas
• viprāḥ: Sambodhana/Address (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन

• sarvotkṛṣṭam: the most excellent
• sarvotkṛṣṭam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva + utkṛṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त ‘utkṛṣṭa’ from ut√kṛṣ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (acc.), एकवचन; समासः ‘सर्वेषु उत्कृष्टम्’ (superlative sense)

• vadāmi: I say
• vadāmi: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vad (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• saṃprāpya: having attained
• saṃprāpya: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam + √prāp (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; ‘having attained’

• vāṃchitān: desired
• vāṃchitān: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vāṃchita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √vāñch)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; ‘desired’

• kāmān: wishes/desires
• kāmān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• kṛṣṇānugrahabhājanam: a recipient of Kṛṣṇa’s grace
• kṛṣṇānugrahabhājanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛṣṇa + anugraha + bhājana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः ‘कृष्णस्य अनुग्रहस्य भाजनम्’ (recipient of Kṛṣṇa’s grace)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Viprāḥ (brāhmaṇas)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A narrator addressing seated brāhmaṇas, gesturing toward Dvārakā’s temple; above, a subtle vision of Kṛṣṇa’s benevolent gaze descending as grace upon donors and pilgrims.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa
• vipra (brāhmaṇas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The highest fruit is not merely worldly success but becoming qualified for Kṛṣṇa’s grace, which crowns all merits.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā by continuing context; the verse introduces the phala (result) of the Dvārakā-linked acts.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A phalaśruti framework is introduced—announcing the results of the previously listed charities and worship-supporting acts.