Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

दुर्वाससाऽनुलिप्तेन पायसेन पदस्तले । वज्रांगभूतदेहस्तु सर्वव्यापी जनार्द्दनः

Transliteration

durvāsasā'nuliptena pāyasena padastale | vajrāṃgabhūtadehastu sarvavyāpī janārddanaḥ

Translation

Sous la plante de son pied demeurait le pāyasa (riz au lait) enduit par Durvāsas. Pourtant Janārdana, l’Omniprésent, avait un corps dur et ferme comme le vajra.

Word by Word

• दुर्वाससा: by Durvāsas
• दुर्वाससा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्वासस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• अनुलिप्तेन: smeared/anointed
• अनुलिप्तेन: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनु + लिप् (धातु) → अनुलिप्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; विशेषण

• पायसेन: with rice-pudding (pāyasa)
• पायसेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पायस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• पदस्तले: on the sole (of the foot)
• पदस्तले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद (प्रातिपदिक) + तल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (पदस्य तलम् = sole of the foot)

• वज्राङ्गभूतदेहः: whose body became adamantine
• वज्राङ्गभूतदेहः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वज्र (प्रातिपदिक) + अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + भूत (कृदन्त; √भू) + देह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (वज्राङ्गः + भूतदेहः; ‘whose body became like vajra’)

• तु: indeed, but
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण/विरोधसूचक (but/indeed)

• सर्वव्यापी: all-pervading
• सर्वव्यापी: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + व्यापिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (all-pervading)

• जनार्द्दनः: Janārdana (Vishnu/Krishna)
• जनार्द्दनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनार्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet; continuing narrator of the Prabhāsa account.

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: priye (same interlocutor as preceding verse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Close-up symbolic scene: the sole of Janārdana’s foot bears a smear of sweet pāyasa associated with Durvāsas; Kṛṣṇa stands serene, aura suggesting omnipresence, body depicted as firm and radiant like vajra.

Characters & Entities

• Durvāsas
• Janārdana (Kṛṣṇa/Viṣṇu)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Lord is all-pervading and transcendent, yet his līlā unfolds through tangible signs within sacred history.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, the setting for the concluding līlā of Janārdana/Vāsudeva.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse provides narrative detail involving Durvāsas and pāyasa.