Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

हरिणा या समानीता रुक्मिण्यर्थे महात्मना । यस्या गण्डूषमात्रेण हयमेधफलं लभेत्

Transliteration

hariṇā yā samānītā rukmiṇyarthe mahātmanā | yasyā gaṇḍūṣamātreṇa hayamedhaphalaṃ labhet

Translation

Cette eau sacrée que le magnanime Hari apporta pour Rukmiṇī : en n’en prenant qu’une gorgée, on obtient le fruit du sacrifice de l’Aśvamedha.

Word by Word

• हरिणा: by Hari (Vishnu)
• हरिणा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• या: who/which (she)
• या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• समानीता: brought
• समानीता: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-नी (धातु) → समानीत (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, भूतकर्मणि/कर्मणि प्रयोग), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘brought’ (past passive participle)

• रुक्मिणि-अर्थे: for Rukmini’s sake
• रुक्मिणि-अर्थे: Sampradana/Purpose (सम्प्रदान/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुक्मिणी (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (रुक्मिण्याः अर्थः), पुंलिङ्ग (अर्थ), सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; ‘for the sake of Rukmini’

• महात्मना: by the great-souled one
• महात्मना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• यस्याः: of whom/whose
• यस्याः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• गण्डूष-मात्रेण: by merely a mouthful
• गण्डूष-मात्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गण्डूष (प्रातिपदिक) + मात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (परिमाण-निर्देशः: गण्डूषस्य मात्रम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (मात्र), तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• हयमेध-फलं: the fruit of the horse-sacrifice
• हयमेध-फलं: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हयमेध (प्रातिपदिक) + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (हयमेधस्य फलम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• लभेत्: would obtain
• लभेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

Speaker

Prahlāda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vaiṣṇavī tīrtha-water (Hari-brought for Rukmiṇī)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvija-sattamāḥ

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Hari (Kṛṣṇa) is depicted bringing sacred water for Rukmiṇī; a devotee later sips a small mouthful from a vessel, while a symbolic Aśvamedha horse and sacrificial fire appear faintly as merit-metaphors.

Characters & Entities

• Hari (Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa)
• Rukmiṇī
• Aśvamedha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

In a supremely sanctified place, simple acts like sipping tīrtha-water can carry the merit of grand Vedic sacrifices.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Viṣṇu-associated tīrtha/waters in the Dvārakā region, linked to Hari’s act for Rukmiṇī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Gaṇḍūṣa—taking a mouthful/sip of the sacred water—as a meritorious act.