Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 53

Devanagari script

याहि पुण्यकृतांल्लोकान्दर्शनात्स्पर्शनाच्च मे । एवमुक्तः स देवेन संप्रहृष्टतनूरुहः

Transliteration

yāhi puṇyakṛtāṃllokāndarśanātsparśanācca me | evamuktaḥ sa devena saṃprahṛṣṭatanūruhaḥ

Translation

“Go to the worlds attained by the doers of merit, through the very sight of Me and through My touch.” Thus addressed by the Lord, he became thrilled with joy, his hairs standing on end.

Word by Word

• याहि: go
• याहि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• पुण्य: meritorious
• पुण्य: Samasa-anga (Compound member)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: विशेषण; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन (समासाङ्ग)

• कृताम्: of doers
• कृताम्: Samasa-anga (Compound member)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; ‘of doers’

• पुण्यकृताम्: of the righteous (doers of merit)
• पुण्यकृताम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्य + कृत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (पुण्यं करोति इति); पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• लोकान्: worlds/realms
• लोकान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• दर्शनात्: from seeing
• दर्शनात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (Ablative), एकवचन

• स्पर्शनात्: from touching
• स्पर्शनात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्पर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक conjunction)

• मे: of me/my
• मे: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन (enclitic)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण)

• उक्तः: having been addressed
• उक्तः: Karta-visheshana (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वच् (धातु) / उक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त (PPP) ‘उक्त’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘having been told’

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• देवेन: by the god
• देवेन: Karana (Agent-in-passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• संप्रहृष्ट: thrilled/overjoyed
• संप्रहृष्ट: Samasa-anga (Compound member)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + प्र + हृष् (धातु) / संप्रहृष्ट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त (PPP) ‘संप्रहृष्ट’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (समासाङ्ग)

• तनू: body
• तनू: Samasa-anga (Compound member)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनू (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (समासाङ्ग)

• रुहः: hair
• रुहः: Samasa-anga (Compound member)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘hair standing’ (तनूरुह = body-hair)

• तनूरुहः: body-hair
• तनूरुहः: Samasa-anga (Compound member)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनू + रुह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (तन्वाः रुहः = शरीररोम); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• संप्रहृष्टतनूरुहः: whose body-hair stood on end with joy
• संप्रहृष्टतनूरुहः: Karta-visheshana (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संप्रहृष्ट + तनूरुह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहिसमास (संप्रहृष्टाः तनूरुहाः यस्य); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सः इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

Speaker

Narrator (within Prahlāda’s narration context in this adhyāya)

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa
• Keśava
• Govinda
• Viṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Darśana (sacred vision) and sparśa (divine contact) of the Lord are portrayed as direct causes of liberation and entry into meritorious realms.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Dvārakā sacred setting, in the narrative stream that culminates in the fame of Nṛga-kūpa/Nṛga-tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is prescribed here; the verse emphasizes salvific grace through the Lord’s darśana and sparśa.