Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

तत्र ये पूजयिष्यंति नागरादित्यसंनिधौ । बलभद्रं सुभद्रां च कृष्णं ते स्वर्गगामिनः

Transliteration

tatra ye pūjayiṣyaṃti nāgarādityasaṃnidhau | balabhadraṃ subhadrāṃ ca kṛṣṇaṃ te svargagāminaḥ

Translation

Those who there, in the presence of Nāgarāditya, will worship Balabhadra, Subhadrā, and Kṛṣṇa—such devotees go to heaven.

Word by Word

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

• ye: those who
• ye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध-प्रत्यय (relative pronoun)

• pūjayiṣyanti: will worship
• pūjayiṣyanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pūj (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future/लृट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• nāgarādityasaṃnidhau: in the presence of Nāgarāditya
• nāgarādityasaṃnidhau: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāgara-āditya-saṃnidhi (प्रातिपदिक; नागर + आदित्य + संनिधि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरणे

• balabhadram: Balabhadra
• balabhadram: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: balabhadra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म

• subhadrām: Subhadrā
• subhadrām: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: subhadrā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म

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

• kṛṣṇam: Kṛṣṇa
• kṛṣṇam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛṣṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम (correlative pronoun)

• svargagāminaḥ: going to heaven
• svargagāminaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: svarga-gāmin (प्रातिपदिक; स्वर्ग + गामिन्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (of te)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nāgarāditya-sannidhi (within Prabhāsa-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A bright temple vignette: the shrine of Nāgarāditya (solar iconography) beside which devotees offer lamps, flowers, and incense to a triad—Balabhadra (white), Subhadrā (golden), and Kṛṣṇa (dark)—with the promise of svarga for sincere worshippers.

Characters & Entities

• Nāgarāditya
• Balabhadra
• Subhadrā
• Kṛṣṇa
• Svarga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worship performed at an empowered sacred locus is said to yield exalted merit and auspicious posthumous destinations.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Nāgarāditya’s vicinity within Prabhāsakṣetra is highlighted as the worship-setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā (worship) of Balabhadra, Subhadrā, and Kṛṣṇa at/near Nāgarāditya.