Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

गीतवाद्यपताकैश्च दिव्योपायनपाणिभिः । प्राप्योवाच ततो देवान्द्वारका हर्षविह्वला

Transliteration

gītavādyapatākaiśca divyopāyanapāṇibhiḥ | prāpyovāca tato devāndvārakā harṣavihvalā

Translation

Avec des chants, des instruments et des étendards, les mains portant des offrandes divines, Dvārakā—submergée de joie—s’approcha puis s’adressa aux dieux.

Word by Word

• गीतवाद्यपताकैः: with songs, instruments, and banners
• गीतवाद्यपताकैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गीत (प्रातिपदिक) + वाद्य (प्रातिपदिक) + पताका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (समाहार-द्वन्द्व), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural); समासः (द्वन्द्व)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (conjunction)

• दिव्योपायनपाणिभिः: with hands holding divine gifts
• दिव्योपायनपाणिभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक) + उपायन (प्रातिपदिक) + पाणि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन; समासः (तत्पुरुष) — ‘दिव्य-उपायन-युक्त-पाणि’

• प्राप्य: having reached
• प्राप्य: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आप् (धातु) + प्र (उपसर्ग)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• ततः: then/thereupon
• ततः: Desha-Kala (Temporal/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb) — ‘तस्मात्/अनन्तरम्’

• देवान्: to the gods
• देवान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन

• द्वारका: Dvārakā (personified)
• द्वारका: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वारका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• हर्षविह्वला: overwhelmed with joy
• हर्षविह्वला: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हर्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + विह्वल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः (तत्पुरुष) — ‘हर्षेण विह्वला’

Speaker

Prahlāda (narrating); Dvārakā (personified) addresses the Devas

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Dvārakā personified—radiant and overwhelmed with joy—approaches the assembled gods amid singing, instruments, fluttering banners, and devotees bearing divine gifts in their hands, then begins to address them.

Characters & Entities

• Dvārakā
• Devas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion expresses itself through celebratory service—music, banners, and offerings—sanctifying the approach to the divine.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, depicted as a conscious sacred city participating in worship and welcome.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offering gifts (upāyana) and devotional celebration (gīta-vādya) are implied as acts of reverence, though no formal vrata is specified.