Shloka 8 - Adhyaya 17 - Dvaraka Mahatmya - Prabhasa Khanda | Khmer | Vedapath

Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

वज्रनाभः सुनाभश्च वज्रबाहुर्महा हनुः । वज्रदंष्ट्रो वज्रधारी वज्रहा वज्रलोचनः

Transliteration

vajranābhaḥ sunābhaśca vajrabāhurmahā hanuḥ | vajradaṃṣṭro vajradhārī vajrahā vajralocanaḥ

Translation

(ពួកគេគឺ:) វជ្រនាភៈ សុនាភៈ វជ្របាហុ មហាហនុ វជ្រទំស្ត្រៈ វជ្រធារី វជ្រហា និងវជ្រលោចនៈ។

Word by Word

vajranābhaḥVajranābha (name)

sunābhaḥSunābha (name)

caand

vajrabāhuḥVajrabāhu (name)

mahāhanuḥMahāhanu (name)

vajradaṃṣṭraḥVajradaṃṣṭra (name)

vajradhārīVajradhārī (name)

vajrahāVajrahā (name)

vajralocanaḥVajralocana (name)

Speaker

Śrī Prahlāda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A roll-call of formidable attendants with ‘vajra’ attributes—each imagined as a guardian-warrior stationed in Dvārakā’s protective ring.

Characters & Entities

Prahlāda

Vajranābha

Sunābha

Vajrabāhu

Mahāhanu

Vajradaṁṣṭra

Vajradhārī

Vajrahā

Vajralocana

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The holy city’s protection is not abstract—it is embodied in specific divine attendants whose remembrance reinforces sacred vigilance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, through the enumeration of its protective attendants associated with the eastern-gate guardian tradition.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, these attendants are to be known/remembered as part of the prescribed worship sequence introduced in the surrounding verses.