Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

क्षिप्रमेष्यति दाशार्हो रामेण सहितो विभुः । अत्रागत्य जगन्नाथो विधास्यति च वो हितम्

Transliteration

kṣiprameṣyati dāśārho rāmeṇa sahito vibhuḥ | atrāgatya jagannātho vidhāsyati ca vo hitam

Translation

Le puissant Dāśārha viendra bientôt, accompagné de Rāma. En venant ici, Jagannātha, Seigneur du monde, accomplira assurément ce qui est bon pour vous.

Word by Word

• क्षिप्रम्: quickly, soon
• क्षिप्रम्: Adhikarana (Temporal/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्षिप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषणम् (adverb)

• एष्यति: will come
• एष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• दाशार्हः: the Dāśārha (Krishna)
• दाशार्हः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दाशार्ह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; विशेष-नाम (epithet of Krishna)

• रामेण: with Rama
• रामेण: Sahakaraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• सहितः: accompanied
• सहितः: Karta (Predicate to subject/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहित (प्रातिपदिक; √सह)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; कर्तृ-विशेषणम् (agreeing with ‘दाशार्हः/विभुः’)

• विभुः: the mighty Lord
• विभुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; विशेष-नाम/विशेषणार्थ (the Lord)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-क्रियाविशेषणम् (locative adverb)

• आगत्य: having come
• आगत्य: Kriya (Gerundial action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया (having come)

• जगन्नाथः: Lord of the world
• जगन्नाथः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् + नाथ (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (जगतः नाथः)

• विधास्यति: will arrange/provide
• विधास्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + धा (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

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

• वः: for you/your
• वः: Sampradana (Beneficiary/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन; (enclitic)

• हितम्: welfare, benefit
• हितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Uddhava (conveying assurance on Kṛṣṇa’s behalf)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A reassuring proclamation: Kṛṣṇa (Dāśārha), accompanied by Balarāma (Rāma), will soon arrive; the speaker gestures toward the sacred place, promising welfare to the listeners.

Characters & Entities

• Uddhava
• Kṛṣṇa (Dāśārha)
• Balarāma (Rāma)
• Jagannātha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Lord is the ultimate well-wisher (hita-kartā); trust in His timing and providence steadies the devotee’s heart.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā-māhātmya’s devotional frame is central, while the promise is directed toward Vraja/Gokula as a sanctified land of bhakti.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual; the verse teaches śaraṇāgati—taking refuge in the Lord’s benevolent will.