Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

देवानां कार्यसिद्ध्यर्थं भूभारहरणाय च । वसुदेवगृहे साक्षादाविर्भूते जनार्दने

Transliteration

devānāṃ kāryasiddhyarthaṃ bhūbhāraharaṇāya ca | vasudevagṛhe sākṣādāvirbhūte janārdane

Translation

Afin d’accomplir l’œuvre des dieux et d’ôter le fardeau de la terre, Janārdana lui-même se manifesta directement dans la demeure de Vasudeva.

Word by Word

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• देवानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• कार्यसिद्धि-अर्थम्: for the accomplishment of the task
• कार्यसिद्धि-अर्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्य (प्रातिपदिक) + सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—(कार्यस्य सिद्धिः) इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः, ततः (कार्यसिद्धेः अर्थः) इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः; प्रयोजनार्थे द्वितीया

• भूभार-हरणाय: for removing the burden of the earth
• भूभार-हरणाय: Sampradana (Dative/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भू (प्रातिपदिक) + भार (प्रातिपदिक) + हरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; समासः—भूभारः इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः, तस्य हरणम् इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः; दत्वर्थे चतुर्थी

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

• वसुदेव-गृहे: in Vasudeva's house
• वसुदेव-गृहे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसुदेव (प्रातिपदिक) + गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः—वसुदेवस्य गृहम् इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः

• साक्षात्: directly, manifestly
• साक्षात्: Visheshana (Adverbial qualifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साक्षात् (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb)

• आविर्भूते: when (he) had manifested/appeared
• आविर्भूते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute-like qualifier/सप्तमी-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आविर्भू (धातु; भू + आविर् उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त (भूतकृत्), भूतकालिक-कर्तरि कृदन्तः; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘जनार्दने’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• जनार्दने: in/with regard to Janārdana (Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa)
• जनार्दने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनार्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mathurā (Janmabhūmi context)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Night in Mathurā: Vasudeva’s house illuminated by a supernatural glow as Janārdana manifests; devas unseen but implied; the sense of cosmic mission and relief.

Characters & Entities

• Janārdana (Kṛṣṇa/Viṣṇu)
• Vasudeva
• Devas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

God’s descent is portrayed as compassionate action: protecting dharma and relieving the world’s suffering.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not a tirtha verse directly; it introduces Kṛṣṇa’s manifestation, foundational to Dvārakā’s later sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is avatāra narration.