Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

संकीर्णयोनयः पूता ये भक्ता मधुसूदने । म्लेच्छतुल्याः कुलीनास्ते ये न भक्ता जनार्दने

Transliteration

saṃkīrṇayonayaḥ pūtā ye bhaktā madhusūdane | mlecchatulyāḥ kulīnāste ye na bhaktā janārdane

Translation

出自が入り交じる者も、マドゥスーダナに帰依するなら清められる。だが高貴の家に生まれても、ジャナールダナに帰依せぬ者はムレッチャに等しい。

Word by Word

• संकीर्ण-योनयः: those of mixed births/origins
• संकीर्ण-योनयः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संकीर्ण (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; सं + कृ धातु + क्त) + योनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (संकीर्णा योनिः येषाम्/यासाम्)

• पूताः: purified
• पूताः: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (कर्तृसमानााधिकरण/प्रेडिकेट)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; पू धातु + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषणम्

• ये: who/those who
• ये: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम

• भक्ताः: devotees
• भक्ताः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; भज् धातु + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• मधुसूदने: in/with regard to Madhusūdana (Vishnu/Krishna)
• मधुसूदने: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधुसूदन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरणम् (विषय/आश्रय)

• म्लेच्छ-तुल्याः: equal to barbarians
• म्लेच्छ-तुल्याः: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (कर्तृसमानााधिकरण/प्रेडिकेट)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: म्लेच्छ (प्रातिपदिक) + तुल्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; तृतीया-तत्पुरुष (म्लेच्छैः तुल्याः)

• कुलीनाः: noble-born people
• कुलीनाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुलीन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• ते: they/those
• ते: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; निर्देश-सर्वनाम

• ये: who/those who
• ये: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात

• भक्ताः: devotees
• भक्ताः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; भज् धातु + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• जनार्दने: in/with regard to Janārdana (Vishnu)
• जनार्दने: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनार्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरणम् (विषय/आश्रय)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Skanda Purāṇa context within Māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A diverse group of devotees—some ‘mixed-origin’ pilgrims—offering tulasī and lamps to Kṛṣṇa; a proud high-born figure without devotion stands aside in shadow, visually ‘mleccha-like’ through alienation from worship.

Characters & Entities

• Madhusūdana
• Janārdana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion is the true purifier and measure of nobility; birth-status without bhakti is spiritually empty.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā is the Māhātmya setting, highlighting a Vaiṣṇava value-system centered on Kṛṣṇa/Viṣṇu devotion.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific ritual is prescribed; the verse prescribes bhakti (devotional allegiance) as the core dharma.