Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

अप्राप्ताः संनिहित्यायां तानुवाच जनार्द्दनः । मा विषादं यदुश्रेष्ठा व्रजध्वं मयि संस्थिते

Transliteration

aprāptāḥ saṃnihityāyāṃ tānuvāca janārddanaḥ | mā viṣādaṃ yaduśreṣṭhā vrajadhvaṃ mayi saṃsthite

Translation

Noch ehe sie Saṃnihitī erreichten, sprach Janārdana zu ihnen: „Klagt nicht, o Beste der Yadus; schreitet voran, den Geist in Mir gegründet.“

Word by Word

• aprāptāḥ: not having reached, not yet arrived
• aprāptāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता) (of implied ‘āsan’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a- + prāp (धातु) → aprāpta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त/PPP) with नञ्-प्रत्यय (negation), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; ‘not having attained/arrived’

• saṃnihityāyām: in the gathering/nearby
• saṃnihityāyām: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃ-nihiti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; ‘in the vicinity/assembly’

• tān: them
• tān: Karma (Object/कर्म) (of uvāca)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• uvāca: said, spoke
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• janārddanaḥ: Janārdana (Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa)
• janārddanaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: janārdana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• mā: do not
• mā: Pratiṣedha (Prohibition/प्रतिषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: mā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेधार्थक निपात used with imperative/prohibitive sense

• viṣādam: despondency
• viṣādam: Karma (Object/कर्म) (of implied ‘kuru/āgaccha’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• yadu-śreṣṭhāḥ: O best of the Yadus
• yadu-śreṣṭhāḥ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yadu + śreṣṭha (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: यदूनां श्रेष्ठाः), पुल्लिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), बहुवचन

• vrajadhvam: go, proceed
• vrajadhvam: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vraj (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), बहुवचन

• mayi: in me
• mayi: Adhikarana (Location/Support/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• saṃsthite: when (I am) present/established
• saṃsthite: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saṃ-sthā (धातु) → saṃsthita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त/PPP), पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; locative absolute with mayi (‘when I am present/established’)

Speaker

Janārdana (Kṛṣṇa/Viṣṇu)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Saṃnihitī

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On the road toward Saṃnihitī, Janārdana addresses the Yādavas: his hand raised in assurance (abhaya/teaching gesture), the people calming, the eclipse-shadow still lingering in the sky.

Characters & Entities

• Janārdana
• Saṃnihitī (Sānnidhya/Saṃnihita tīrtha)
• Yādavas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Inauspicious signs are met with śaraṇāgati (taking refuge in the Lord) and steady continuation of dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Saṃnihitī (Saṃnihita/Sānnidhya) tīrtha within Prabhāsakṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A practical instruction: proceed to the tīrtha without despair, anchored in devotion.