Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

अथाजगाम तत्रैव भगवान्देवकीसुतः । श्रुत्वा समागतान्पार्थान्द्वारावत्याः सबांधवः

Transliteration

athājagāma tatraiva bhagavāndevakīsutaḥ | śrutvā samāgatānpārthāndvārāvatyāḥ sabāṃdhavaḥ

Translation

Then the Blessed Lord, Devakī’s son, came there as well. Hearing that the sons of Pāṇḍu had arrived, he came from Dvāravatī together with his kinsmen.

Word by Word

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक अव्यय (particle: then/now)

• ājagāma: came
• ājagāma: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā√gam (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/परिपूर्णभूत) = Perfect; प्रथमपुरुषः एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb of place)

• eva: indeed, right there
• eva: Avadharana (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphasis)

• bhagavān: the Lord
• bhagavān: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम्

• devakī-sutaḥ: Devaki’s son
• devakī-sutaḥ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devakī (प्रातिपदिक) + suta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (देवक्याः सुतः); पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम्; भिन्नपदेन विशेषणवत् (appositional)

• śrutvā: having heard
• śrutvā: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √śru (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund) = having heard

• samāgatān: assembled, arrived
• samāgatān: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-ā-√gam (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त); पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम् (qualifying pārthān)

• pārthān: the sons of Pritha (Pandavas)
• pārthān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pārtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया बहुवचनम्

• dvārāvatyāḥ: of Dvaravati
• dvārāvatyāḥ: Sambandha (Relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvārāvatī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे षष्ठी एकवचनम् (Genitive Singular)

• sa-bāndhavaḥ: together with (his) relatives
• sa-bāndhavaḥ: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa (अव्यय/उपसर्गवत्) + bāndhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावसमासः (बान्धवैः सह); पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (qualifying bhagavān/devakīsutaḥ)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (meeting-place of Pāṇḍavas and Kṛṣṇa)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kṛṣṇa, radiant and calm, arrives at Prabhāsa from Dvārakā with his kinsmen after hearing of the Pāṇḍavas’ presence; the meeting is charged with devotion and destiny.

Characters & Entities

• Bhagavān Kṛṣṇa (Devakīsuta)
• Pārthas (Pāṇḍavas)
• Dvāravatī (Dvārakā)
• Yādavas (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy places become meeting-points of dharma: the tīrtha gathers the righteous and strengthens bonds of protection, counsel, and duty.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, depicted as a significant spiritual destination even for Kṛṣṇa and the Yādavas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse frames the tīrtha narrative by introducing Kṛṣṇa’s arrival with his family.