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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

श्रीप्रह्लाद उवाच । द्वारकायाश्च माहात्म्यं शृणु पौत्र मयोदितम् । शृण्वतो गदतश्चापि मुक्तिः कृष्णाद्भवेद्ध्रुवम्

Transliteration

śrīprahlāda uvāca | dvārakāyāśca māhātmyaṃ śṛṇu pautra mayoditam | śṛṇvato gadataścāpi muktiḥ kṛṣṇādbhaveddhruvam

Translation

Śrī Prahlāda dit : Ô petit-fils, écoute la grandeur de Dvārakā telle que je la proclame. Pour celui qui l’entend—et même pour celui qui la récite—la délivrance par Kṛṣṇa est assurée sans doute.

Word by Word
śrīprahlādaḥŚrī Prahlāda
śrīprahlādaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootśrī-prahlāda (प्रातिपदिक; श्री + प्रह्लाद)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; वक्ता (speaker)
uvācasaid
uvāca:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√vac (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect/परोक्ष), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्
dvārakāyāḥof Dvārakā
dvārakāyāḥ:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootdvārakā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)
māhātmyaṃthe glory
māhātmyaṃ:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootmāhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म
śṛṇulisten
śṛṇu:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√śru (धातु)
Formलोट् (Imperative/आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्
pautraO grandson
pautra:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootpautra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; संबोधन
mayāby me
mayā:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formउत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन
uditamspoken/uttered
uditam:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootudita (कृदन्त; √vad/√ud? here: √vad implied 'spoken', but standard udita = √ud 'arisen/uttered')
Formभूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; 'माहात्म्यम्' इति विशेषणम्
śṛṇvataḥof one who listens
śṛṇvataḥ:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootśṛṇvat (कृदन्त; √śru)
Formवर्तमानकृदन्त (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; 'of (one) listening'
gadataḥof one who speaks/recites
gadataḥ:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootgadat (कृदन्त; √gad)
Formवर्तमानकृदन्त (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; 'of (one) speaking/reciting'
caand
ca:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चय
apialso
api:
Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अपि (also/even)
muktiḥliberation
muktiḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootmukti (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्ता/फल-निर्देश
kṛṣṇātfrom Kṛṣṇa
kṛṣṇāt:
Apadana (Source/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootkṛṣṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; अपादान (source)
bhavetwould be/comes to be
bhavet:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√bhū (धातु)
Formलोट्/विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधिलिङ्) रूपम् 'भवेत्'; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्
dhruvamcertainly
dhruvam:
Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootdhruva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्ययीभावेन क्रियाविशेषणम् (adverbial accusative)
Speaker

Śrī Prahlāda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pautra (grandson)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Prahlāda seated as elder teacher, addressing his grandson; a calm hermitage or temple courtyard; listeners attentive; behind them a symbolic vision of Dvārakā’s spires and the sea, indicating the narrated kṣetra.

Characters & Entities
P
Prahlāda
D
Dvārakā
K
Kṛṣṇa

FAQs

Śravaṇa (hearing) and kīrtana (recitation) of a holy site’s māhātmya, centered on Kṛṣṇa, are presented as direct means toward liberation.

Dvārakā, the sacred abode of Kṛṣṇa.

Śṛṇu/śṛṇvataḥ (listening) and gadataḥ (reciting/speaking) the Dvārakā Māhātmya.

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