Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

अनुज्ञया तु युष्माकं प्रसादात्केशवस्य हि । अधिष्ठानं भगवतः कथयामि निबोधत

Transliteration

anujñayā tu yuṣmākaṃ prasādātkeśavasya hi | adhiṣṭhānaṃ bhagavataḥ kathayāmi nibodhata

Translation

Avec votre permission, et par la grâce de Keśava, je décrirai la demeure sacrée du Seigneur ; écoutez et comprenez.

Word by Word

• अनुज्ञया: by (your) permission
• अनुज्ञया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुज्ञा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन

• तु: indeed / but
• तु: Nipāta (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, विरोध/अनुक्रमार्थक (particle: but/indeed)

• युष्माकम्: of you
• युष्माकम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन

• प्रसादात्: from (the) grace
• प्रसादात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन

• केशवस्य: of Keśava
• केशवस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: केशव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन

• हि: indeed / for
• हि: Nipāta (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, हेत्वर्थ/निश्चयार्थक-निपात (particle: for/indeed)

• अधिष्ठानम्: abode / seat
• अधिष्ठानम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अधिष्ठान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• भगवतः: of the Lord
• भगवतः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन

• कथयामि: I tell
• कथयामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथय् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• निबोधत: understand / listen
• निबोधत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + बुध् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थक), मध्यमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Prahlāda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā (Keśava-adhiṣṭhāna)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇa sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Prahlāda, after receiving the sages’ assent, invokes Keśava’s grace and begins unveiling the sacred abode; sages lean forward in attentive listening.

Characters & Entities

• Prahlāda
• Keśava
• Bhagavān (the Lord)
• Munis (sages)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred knowledge is transmitted with humility—seeking permission of elders and relying on divine grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, presented as the adhiṣṭhāna (divine seat) of Bhagavān Keśava.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct rite is stated; attentive listening (śravaṇa) to māhātmya is implied as meritorious.