Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 92

Devanagari script

प्रद्युम्नबलशैनेयगदाचक्रादिभिः सदा । शतलक्षप्रमाणैस्तु सेव्यते स गिरिर्महान्

Transliteration

pradyumnabalaśaineyagadācakrādibhiḥ sadā | śatalakṣapramāṇaistu sevyate sa girirmahān

Translation

Dieser große Berg wird stets von Pradyumna, Bala, Śaineya, Gadā, Cakra und anderen verehrt und bedient, in einer Zahl von Hunderten von Lakṣas.

Word by Word

• pradyumna-bala-śaineya-gadā-cakra-ādibhiḥ: with Pradyumna, Bala, Śaineya, Gadā, Cakra, etc.
• pradyumna-bala-śaineya-gadā-cakra-ādibhiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pradyumna (प्रातिपदिक) + bala (प्रातिपदिक) + śaineya (प्रातिपदिक) + gadā (प्रातिपदिक) + cakra (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग-समाहार (collective), तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (enumerative) ‘प्रद्युम्नादिभिः ...’—‘with Pradyumna, Bala, Śaineya, Gadā, Cakra, etc.’

• sadā: always
• sadā: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (always)

• śata-lakṣa-pramāṇaiḥ: in numbers of a hundred lakhs (ten million)
• śata-lakṣa-pramāṇaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śata (प्रातिपदिक) + lakṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + pramāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः—‘शतलक्षस्य प्रमाणैः’ (in measures numbering a hundred lakhs)

• tu: indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/विरोधार्थक (indeed/but)

• sevyate: is worshipped/served
• sevyate: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sev (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगः—‘is served/worshipped’

• saḥ: that
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• giriḥ: mountain
• giriḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: giri (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• mahān: great
• mahān: Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; giriḥ इति विशेषणम्

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dāmodara-giri (implied)

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A towering sacred hill with a radiant summit shrine; innumerable celestial attendants surround it. Named figures—Pradyumna and Bala—stand prominently, while personified Gadā and Cakra appear as divine beings or as luminous emblems hovering near Dāmodara’s presence.

Characters & Entities

• Pradyumna
• Bala (Balarāma)
• Śaineya
• Gadā
• Cakra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha’s greatness is shown by divine presence and continual service; sacred space is portrayed as actively inhabited by dharmic powers.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A ‘great mountain’ associated with Vastrāpatha-kṣetra in the Prabhāsa region is praised as continually attended by Vaiṣṇava figures.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is stated; the verse functions as a māhātmya claim establishing sanctity through divine attendance.