Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

भक्त्या चार्घ्यं प्रदास्यामि ह्रदे रुक्मिणिसंज्ञिते । सर्वपापविनाशाय रुक्मिण्याः प्रीणनाय च

Transliteration

bhaktyā cārghyaṃ pradāsyāmi hrade rukmiṇisaṃjñite | sarvapāpavināśāya rukmiṇyāḥ prīṇanāya ca

Translation

„In Hingabe werde ich dieses Arghya im Teich namens Rukmiṇī darbringen, zur Vernichtung aller Sünden und zur Freude Rukmiṇīs.“

Word by Word

• bhaktyā: with devotion
• bhaktyā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन — ‘with devotion’

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय)

• arghyam: arghya offering
• arghyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: arghya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• pradāsyāmi: I will offer
• pradāsyāmi: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dā (धातु) + pra + लृट्
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्काल), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन — ‘I shall offer/give’

• hrade: in the lake
• hrade: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hrada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — ‘in the lake’

• rukmiṇi-saṃjñite: named ‘Rukmiṇī’
• rukmiṇi-saṃjñite: Adhikarana (Location-qualifier/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: rukmiṇī (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃjñita (प्रातिपदिक/क्त-कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन — ‘रुक्मिणी-संज्ञिते’ = ‘named Rukmiṇī’ (qualifying hrade)

• sarva-pāpa-vināśāya: for destroying all sins
• sarva-pāpa-vināśāya: Sampradana (Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + pāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + vināśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन — ‘for the destruction of all sins’

• rukmiṇyāḥ: of Rukmiṇī
• rukmiṇyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rukmiṇī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन — ‘of Rukmiṇī’

• prīṇanāya: for pleasing
• prīṇanāya: Sampradana (Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prīṇana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन — ‘for pleasing’

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating; mantra voiced by the pilgrim (ritual speech)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rukmiṇī-hrada

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the edge of a serene pond, the devotee pours arghya with folded hands, lips forming the saṅkalpa-mantra; the water reflects a temple silhouette, suggesting Rukmiṇī’s presence and grace.

Characters & Entities

• Rukmiṇī
• Rukmiṇī-hrada
• Arghya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional offering at a tīrtha, dedicated to the deity’s pleasure, is taught as a means for purification and moral renewal.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Rukmiṇī-hrada (also linked with Bhṛgu-tīrtha) in the Dvārakā sacred complex.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offer arghya at Rukmiṇī-hrada while reciting the stated intention for pāpa-vināśa and Rukmiṇī-prīti.