Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 65

Devanagari script

दद्याच्चन्द्रमयं यस्तु कृष्णोपरि नरेश्वर । वसते द्वारकां यावत्सोमलोके स तिष्ठति

Transliteration

dadyāccandramayaṃ yastu kṛṣṇopari nareśvara | vasate dvārakāṃ yāvatsomaloke sa tiṣṭhati

Translation

王よ、クリシュナの上に月のごとき飾り（月の印）を捧げる者は、ドヴァーラカーが存するかぎりソーマの世界にとどまる。

Word by Word

• dadyāt: should give
• dadyāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धा॒तु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• candramayam: moon-made/silver-like
• candramayam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: candra (प्रातिपदिक) + mayaṭ (मयट्-प्रत्यय; तद्धित)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (made of/consisting of)

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• tu: indeed
• tu: Discourse particle (सम्बन्धसूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle)

• kṛṣṇa-upari: upon Kṛṣṇa
• kṛṣṇa-upari: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kṛṣṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + upari (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपसर्गसदृश-अव्यय (postposition/adverb: upon/over)

• nara-īśvara: O lord of men (king)
• nara-īśvara: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• vasate: dwells
• vasate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vas (धा॒तु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद

• dvārakām: Dvārakā
• dvārakām: Adhikarana/Deshya (Place/देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvārakā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); गत्यर्थे (as goal with ‘vasate’ understood as ‘resides in/at’)

• yāvat: as long as
• yāvat: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; काल-परिमाणवाचक (as long as)

• soma-loke: in Soma’s world (moon-world)
• soma-loke: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: soma (प्रातिपदिक) + loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• tiṣṭhati: stays/remains
• tiṣṭhati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sthā (धा॒तु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced); addressed listener: a king (nareśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nareśvara/Bhūpa (king addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee-king offers a moon-like ornament at Kṛṣṇa’s shrine in Dvārakā; the emblem gleams like Soma, while the sea-breeze and temple banners frame the sanctum.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa
• Dvārakā
• Soma
• Somaloka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Offering precious, symbolically auspicious gifts to Kṛṣṇa in Dvārakā yields elevated celestial attainments.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, whose enduring sanctity is used as the measure of the gift’s reward.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dāna/arpana of a candramaya (moon-formed) emblem/ornament to Kṛṣṇa (likely as an adornment to the deity).