Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

संपूज्य लक्ष्मणां तत्र वैष्णवीः कृष्णवल्लभाः । एताः संपूज्य विधिवच्छ्रेष्ठपुत्रश्च लभ्यते

Transliteration

saṃpūjya lakṣmaṇāṃ tatra vaiṣṇavīḥ kṛṣṇavallabhāḥ | etāḥ saṃpūjya vidhivacchreṣṭhaputraśca labhyate

Translation

Dort erlangt man, nachdem man Lakṣmaṇā und die vaiṣṇavischen Göttinnen, die Kṛṣṇa lieb sind, nach rechter Vorschrift verehrt hat, einen vortrefflichen Sohn.

Word by Word

• संपूज्य: having worshipped
• संपूज्य: Kriya (पूर्वकर्म/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + पूज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive), ‘having duly worshipped’

• लक्ष्मणाम्: Lakṣmaṇā
• लक्ष्मणाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष्मणा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

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

• वैष्णवीः: the Vaiṣṇavīs
• वैष्णवीः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैष्णवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• कृष्णवल्लभाः: beloved of Kṛṣṇa
• कृष्णवल्लभाः: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृष्ण + वल्लभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुवचन, स्त्रीलिङ्गे द्वितीया (वैष्णवीः इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषणम्); समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (कृष्णस्य वल्लभाः)

• एताः: these (women)
• एताः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (pronoun)

• संपूज्य: having worshipped
• संपूज्य: Kriya (पूर्वकर्म/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + पूज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive)

• विधिवत्: according to proper rite
• विधिवत्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधिवत् (अव्यय)
• Form: रीतिवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: according to rule)

• श्रेष्ठपुत्रः: an excellent son
• श्रेष्ठपुत्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रेष्ठ + पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समासः (श्रेष्ठः पुत्रः)

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

• लभ्यते: is obtained
• लभ्यते: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive): ‘is obtained’

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Dvārakā Māhātmya narration style within the Skanda Purāṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā (Lakṣmaṇā/Vaiṣṇavī worship locus)

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim couple offers lamps, flowers, and sweets before Lakṣmaṇā and attendant Vaiṣṇavī goddesses in a Dvārakā shrine; Kṛṣṇa’s emblem (conch/discus) presides, and a symbolic ‘excellent son’ appears as a blessing motif (cradle/child with halo).

Characters & Entities

• Lakṣmaṇā
• Vaiṣṇavī (goddesses)
• Kṛṣṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual devotion performed correctly (vidhivat pūjā) to Kṛṣṇa-beloved divine powers yields auspicious worldly and dharmic fruits.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, praised in the Dvārakā Māhātmya section of the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

To worship Lakṣmaṇā and the Vaiṣṇavī goddesses with proper rites (vidhivat), i.e., formal pūjā as per scriptural procedure.