Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

देवानां कार्यसिद्ध्यर्थं भूभारहरणाय च । वसुदेवगृहे साक्षादाविर्भूते जनार्दने

Transliteration

devānāṃ kāryasiddhyarthaṃ bhūbhāraharaṇāya ca | vasudevagṛhe sākṣādāvirbhūte janārdane

Translation

For the fulfillment of the gods’ purpose and for the removal of the earth’s burden, Janārdana Himself manifested directly in the house of Vasudeva.

Word by Word

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• देवानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• कार्यसिद्धि-अर्थम्: for the accomplishment of the task
• कार्यसिद्धि-अर्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्य (प्रातिपदिक) + सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—(कार्यस्य सिद्धिः) इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः, ततः (कार्यसिद्धेः अर्थः) इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः; प्रयोजनार्थे द्वितीया

• भूभार-हरणाय: for removing the burden of the earth
• भूभार-हरणाय: Sampradana (Dative/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भू (प्रातिपदिक) + भार (प्रातिपदिक) + हरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; समासः—भूभारः इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः, तस्य हरणम् इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः; दत्वर्थे चतुर्थी

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

• वसुदेव-गृहे: in Vasudeva's house
• वसुदेव-गृहे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसुदेव (प्रातिपदिक) + गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः—वसुदेवस्य गृहम् इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः

• साक्षात्: directly, manifestly
• साक्षात्: Visheshana (Adverbial qualifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साक्षात् (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb)

• आविर्भूते: when (he) had manifested/appeared
• आविर्भूते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute-like qualifier/सप्तमी-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आविर्भू (धातु; भू + आविर् उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त (भूतकृत्), भूतकालिक-कर्तरि कृदन्तः; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘जनार्दने’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• जनार्दने: in/with regard to Janārdana (Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa)
• जनार्दने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनार्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mathurā (Janmabhūmi context)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Night in Mathurā: Vasudeva’s house illuminated by a supernatural glow as Janārdana manifests; devas unseen but implied; the sense of cosmic mission and relief.

Characters & Entities

• Janārdana (Kṛṣṇa/Viṣṇu)
• Vasudeva
• Devas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

God’s descent is portrayed as compassionate action: protecting dharma and relieving the world’s suffering.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not a tirtha verse directly; it introduces Kṛṣṇa’s manifestation, foundational to Dvārakā’s later sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is avatāra narration.