Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

सरो दृष्ट्वा जलेशस्य सरश्चक्रे धनेश्वरः । यक्षाधिपसरोनाम सुप्रसिद्धं धरातले

Transliteration

saro dṛṣṭvā jaleśasya saraścakre dhaneśvaraḥ | yakṣādhipasaronāma suprasiddhaṃ dharātale

Translation

Voyant le lac du Seigneur des eaux (Varuṇa), Dhaneśvara (Kubera) créa un autre lac, célèbre sur la terre sous le nom de «Yakṣādhipa-saras».

Word by Word

• saraḥ: a lake
• saraḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saras (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वक्रिया (having done)

• jaleśasya: of the lord of waters
• jaleśasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jaleśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन (Masculine, Genitive, Singular); समासः जल + ईश (जलस्य ईशः)

• saraḥ: a lake
• saraḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saras (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• cakre: made/created
• cakre: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परस्मैपद), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (Perfect, 3rd person, Singular)

• dhaneśvaraḥ: the lord of wealth (Kubera)
• dhaneśvaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhaneśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular); समासः धन + ईश्वर (धनस्य ईश्वरः)

• yakṣādhipasaraḥ-nāma: named ‘Yakṣādhipa-saras’
• yakṣādhipasaraḥ-nāma: Karma (Object-apposition/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yakṣādhipa + saras + nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular); समासः यक्षानाम् अधिपः + सरः; ‘…-नाम’ = नामधेय-विशेषण (named as)

• suprasiddham: very famous
• suprasiddham: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: suprasiddha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• dharātale: on the surface of the earth
• dharātale: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharātala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन (Neuter, Locative, Singular); समासः धरायाः तलम्

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Dvārakā Māhātmya; specific speaker not explicit in this verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Yakṣādhipa-saras (and Varuṇa-saras as reference)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kubera (Dhaneśvara), radiant and jeweled, beholds Varuṇa’s serene lake; moved by its splendor, he ‘creates’ or consecrates another lake—Yakṣādhipa-saras—surrounded by yakṣas and lush aquatic flora.

Characters & Entities

• Varuṇa (Jaleśa)
• Dhaneśvara (Kubera)
• Yakṣas
• Yakṣādhipa-saras

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The tīrtha landscape is expanded by divine exemplars; sacred geography is portrayed as a gift for human upliftment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Yakṣādhipa-saras, the renowned lake created by Dhaneśvara (Kubera) at Dvārakā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite in this verse; it provides the tīrtha’s origin and name.