Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

नमस्करोति भवतीं भवंतं च सहाग्रजः । अनामयं पृष्टवांश्च तौ च क्षेमेण तिष्ठतः

Transliteration

namaskaroti bhavatīṃ bhavaṃtaṃ ca sahāgrajaḥ | anāmayaṃ pṛṣṭavāṃśca tau ca kṣemeṇa tiṣṭhataḥ

Translation

Beliau, bersama kakaknya, menyampaikan sembah sujud kepada kalian berdua. Beliau menanyakan kesehatan kalian dan apakah kalian tetap berada dalam keselamatan serta kesejahteraan.

Word by Word

• नमस्करोति: offers salutations
• नमस्करोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नमस् + कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; ‘नमस्करोति’ = नमस्कारं करोति (periphrastic)

• भवतीम्: to you (lady)
• भवतीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; आदरार्थ-प्रयोगः (honorific ‘you’)

• भवन्तम्: to you (sir)
• भवन्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; आदरार्थ-प्रयोगः (honorific ‘you’)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-बोधक (conjunction)

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahakaraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक-उपपद (with)

• अग्रजः: the elder brother
• अग्रजः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्रज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; कर्तृ-समनाधिकरणम् (in apposition to implied subject)

• अनामयम्: health, well-being
• अनामयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनामय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (अर्थे ‘well-being’), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; ‘अनामयम्’ = आरोग्यम्

• पृष्टवान्: asked
• पृष्टवान्: Kriya (Predicate action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रच्छ् (धातु)
• Form: क्तवतु-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Perfect participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘having asked’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-बोधक (conjunction)

• तौ: those two
• तौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (सन्दर्भे), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), द्विवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-बोधक (conjunction)

• क्षेमेण: safely, in welfare
• क्षेमेण: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणार्थे (adverbial instrumental)

• तिष्ठतः: are staying/standing
• तिष्ठतः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथम-पुरुष, द्विवचन

Speaker

Uddhava (conveying Kṛṣṇa’s message)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā (sender’s seat) and Vraja (recipients)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yaśodā and Nanda

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Uddhava delivers the formal greeting: ‘He offers reverence to you both’; Yaśodā and Nanda’s posture shifts from grief to attentive calm, as if receiving a sacred salutation from afar.

Characters & Entities

• Uddhava
• Kṛṣṇa
• Balarāma
• Nanda
• Yaśodā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma includes humility and honoring one’s elders; divine love expresses itself through respect and concern for others’ welfare.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Within Dvārakā-māhātmya, the verse highlights the living bond between Dvārakā and Vraja through Kṛṣṇa’s conduct.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the practical dharma shown is namaskāra (reverent salutation) and welfare-inquiry.