Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

ततः समृद्धिमगमत्पादौ दत्त्वा बलेः प्रभुः । शंखचक्रगदापाणिर्विष्णुर्दुर्वाससाऽन्वितः

Transliteration

tataḥ samṛddhimagamatpādau dattvā baleḥ prabhuḥ | śaṃkhacakragadāpāṇirviṣṇurdurvāsasā'nvitaḥ

Translation

その後、主はバリに御足を授け、その事において繁栄を成就された。法螺貝・円盤・棍棒を携えるヴィシュヌは、ドゥルヴァーサとともに旅立った。

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: काल/क्रमवाचक-अव्यय (then/thereafter)

• समृद्धिम्: prosperity, success
• समृद्धिम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समृद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• अगमत्: attained, went to
• अगमत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• पादौ: (two) feet
• पादौ: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), द्विवचन

• दत्त्वा: having given
• दत्त्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; पूर्वक्रिया

• बलेः: of Bali
• बलेः: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बलि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• प्रभुः: the Lord
• प्रभुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• शंख-चक्र-गदा-पाणिः: he whose hand bears conch, discus, and mace
• शंख-चक्र-गदा-पाणिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंख (प्रातिपदिक) + चक्र (प्रातिपदिक) + गदा (प्रातिपदिक) + पाणि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (यस्य पाणौ शंखश्चक्रं गदा च)

• विष्णुः: Viṣṇu
• विष्णुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• दुर्वाससा: with Durvāsas
• दुर्वाससा: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्वासस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• अन्वितः: accompanied (by)
• अन्वितः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्वित (प्रातिपदिक; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त from अनु+इ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण (accompanied)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual)

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Bali
• Durvāsā
• Śaṅkha
• Cakra
• Gadā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When devotion and divine protection align, the journey toward purification and dharma proceeds successfully.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The movement is within Dvārakā-māhātmya, oriented toward the Gomati–ocean confluence tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse frames a pilgrimage-like movement; the explicit rite is the forthcoming snāna at the saṅgama.