Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

अवश्यं यदि तुष्टोऽसि मम सर्वजगत्पते । अत्र सांनिध्यमागच्छ कूपे नित्यं जनार्दन

Transliteration

avaśyaṃ yadi tuṣṭo'si mama sarvajagatpate | atra sāṃnidhyamāgaccha kūpe nityaṃ janārdana

Translation

Wenn Du wahrhaft mit mir zufrieden bist, o Herr aller Welten, dann komm und verweile hier in immerwährender Gegenwart—in diesem Brunnen, o Janārdana.

Word by Word

• अवश्यम्: surely/indeed
• अवश्यम्: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अवश्यम् (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (adverb of certainty)

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तार्थक-अव्यय (conditional particle)

• तुष्टः: pleased
• तुष्टः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; तुष् धातोः क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त

• असि: you are
• असि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• मम: of me/my
• मम: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम

• सर्वजगत्पते: O Lord of all the world
• सर्वजगत्पते: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + जगत् + पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सर्वजगतः पतिः)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• सांनिध्यम्: presence/nearby abiding
• सांनिध्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सांनिध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• आगच्छ: come
• आगच्छ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + गम् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• कूपे: in the well
• कूपे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्यम् (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• जनार्दन: O Janārdana (Viṣṇu)
• जनार्दन: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनार्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

Speaker

Yudhiṣṭhira

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Janārdana-kūpa (implied by verse: ‘kūpe nityam’)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (sages/assembly); internal: Yudhiṣṭhira → Janārdana (Kṛṣṇa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Yudhiṣṭhira petitions Kṛṣṇa to dwell eternally in a particular well at Prabhāsa; the well becomes a sanctum of living divinity.

Characters & Entities

• Janārdana (Śrī Kṛṣṇa)
• Kūpa (sacred well)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True devotion seeks not merely gifts but the Lord’s abiding presence, sanctifying a place for the welfare of future pilgrims.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

A specific sacred well (kūpa) in Prabhāsakṣetra is highlighted as a locus of Janārdana’s perpetual presence.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, the establishment of a sacred locus for pilgrimage; later verses specify bathing and śrāddha connected to this spot.