Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

उत्कण्ठिता अति वयं श्रोतुं द्वारवतीं मुदा । इदमादौ बुभुत्सामश्चित्तखेदापनुत्तये

Transliteration

utkaṇṭhitā ati vayaṃ śrotuṃ dvāravatīṃ mudā | idamādau bubhutsāmaścittakhedāpanuttaye

Translation

We are exceedingly eager to hear, with joy, the account of Dvāravatī. First, we wish to understand this, so that the distress in the heart may be dispelled.

Word by Word

• उत्कण्ठिताः: eager/longing
• उत्कण्ठिताः: विशेषण (Qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्कण्ठित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम् (eager/longing)

• अति: very
• अति: सम्बन्ध (Intensifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; अतिशयार्थक-उपसर्ग/निपातः (very/exceedingly)

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम् (we)

• श्रोतुम्: to hear
• श्रोतुम्: प्रयोजन (Purpose)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्तम् (infinitive): 'to hear'

• द्वारवतीम्: Dvāravatī (Dwaraka)
• द्वारवतीम्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वारवती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गः, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् (Dvāravatī as object of hearing)

• मुदा: with joy
• मुदा: करण (Manner/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुद्/मुदा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गः, तृतीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् (with joy)

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् (this)

• आदौ: at first
• आदौ: कालाधिकरण (Temporal location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी-एकवचनरूपेण अव्ययीभूतम् (adverbial locative): 'at first/in the beginning'

• बुभुत्सामः: we wish to know
• बुभुत्सामः: क्रिया (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: बुध् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (वर्तमान/Present), उत्तमपुरुषः, बहुवचनम्, परस्मैपदम्; इच्छार्थक-रूपम् (desiderative sense: we wish to know)

• चित्तखेदापनुत्तये: for the removal of mental distress
• चित्तखेदापनुत्तये: सम्प्रदान (Purpose/benefit)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चित्त (प्रातिपदिक) + खेद (प्रातिपदिक) + अपनुत्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गः, चतुर्थी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; समासः (षष्ठी/तत्पुरुष-परम्परा): चित्तस्य खेदः → चित्तखेदः; तस्य अपनुत्तिः → चित्तखेदापनुत्तिः; चतुर्थी (for removal)

Speaker

Ṛṣis (Sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvāravatī (Dvārakā)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis (sages)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A circle of sages, faces bright with anticipation, request the sacred account of Dvāravatī; the setting suggests an āśrama near the western sea, with palm-leaf manuscripts and a calm, purifying atmosphere.

Characters & Entities

• Ṛṣis
• Dvāravatī (Dvārakā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Hearing the māhātmya of a holy place with faith brings inner clarity and relief from mental distress.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvāravatī/Dvārakā—explicitly requested as the subject of joyous sacred narration.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa (listening) to tīrtha-māhātmya as a devotional discipline; no external rite is specified.