Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

मधुसूदनीं नरो यस्तु द्वारवत्यां करोति च । पूजयेत्कृष्णदेवं च स्नापयित्वा विलिप्य च

Transliteration

madhusūdanīṃ naro yastu dvāravatyāṃ karoti ca | pūjayetkṛṣṇadevaṃ ca snāpayitvā vilipya ca

Translation

Whoever performs the rite of Madhusūdana in Dvāravatī should worship Lord Kṛṣṇa as well—having bathed the deity and anointed it with fragrant unguents.

Word by Word

• मधुसूदनीम्: (an image/rite called) Madhusūdanī
• मधुसूदनीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधुसूदनी (प्रातिपदिक; मधुसूदन + ई)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Relative subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle: but/indeed)

• द्वारवत्याम्: in Dvāravatī (Dvārakā)
• द्वारवत्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वारवती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• करोति: does; performs
• करोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

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

• पूजयेत्: should worship
• पूजयेत्: Kriya (Injunctive/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• कृष्णदेवम्: Kṛṣṇa, the god
• कृष्णदेवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्णदेव (प्रातिपदिक; कृष्ण + देव)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (कृष्णः एव देवः)

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

• स्नापयित्वा: having bathed (him)/having performed ablution
• स्नापयित्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: णिच्-प्रत्यय (causative) + क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive): स्नापयित्वा = ‘having caused to bathe’

• विलिप्य: having anointed/smeared
• विलिप्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि-लिप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

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

Speaker

Prahlāda (continuing instruction)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvāravatī (Dvārakā)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: brāhmaṇas/devotees

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee in Dvārakā performs abhiṣeka to a Kṛṣṇa/Madhusūdana arcā: water poured from a kalaśa, then sandal paste applied; attendants hold cloth and ritual trays; temple pillars and sea-horizon suggest coastal sanctum.

Characters & Entities

• Madhusūdana
• Dvāravatī (Dvārakā)
• Kṛṣṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion becomes complete when worship is offered with reverent service—bathing and anointing the Lord as an honored presence.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

Dvāravatī/Dvārakā, the sacred city of Kṛṣṇa in the Skanda Purana’s Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathe the deity (snāpana) and anoint it (vilepana) before worshipping Kṛṣṇa.