Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

किं यज्ञैर्बहुभिस्तस्य संपूर्णवरदक्षिणैः । येन दृष्टा जगन्माता रुक्मिणी कृष्णवल्लभा

Transliteration

kiṃ yajñairbahubhistasya saṃpūrṇavaradakṣiṇaiḥ | yena dṛṣṭā jaganmātā rukmiṇī kṛṣṇavallabhā

Translation

ജഗന്മാതാവും കൃഷ്ണവല്ലഭയുമായ രുക്മിണീദേവിയെ ദർശിച്ചവന് ഉത്തമ ദക്ഷിണകളോടെ സമ്പൂർണ്ണമായ അനവധി യജ്ഞങ്ങൾ എന്തിന്?

Word by Word

• किम्: what (use)
• किम्: Prayojana/Prashna (Interrogative object/what use?)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक सर्वनाम (interrogative pronoun)

• यज्ञैः: by sacrifices
• यज्ञैः: Karana (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन (instrumental plural)

• बहुभिः: many
• बहुभिः: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying यज्ञैः)

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/related to him)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन (genitive singular)

• संपूर्णवरदक्षिणैः: with complete and excellent sacrificial fees
• संपूर्णवरदक्षिणैः: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संपूर्ण-वर-दक्षिणा (प्रातिपदिक; संपूर्ण + वर + दक्षिणा)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying यज्ञैः); समासः—तत्पुरुष (दक्षिणाः वराः संपूर्णाः यस्मिन्/येषु)

• येन: by whom
• येन: Karana (Instrument/agent in passive sense: by whom)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• दृष्टा: (was) seen
• दृष्टा: Karma (Object in passive; subject of participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘seen’

• जगन्माता: the Mother of the world
• जगन्माता: Karta (Subject of passive participle)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् + माता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (जगतः माता)

• रुक्मिणी: Rukmiṇī
• रुक्मिणी: Apposition (to जगन्माता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुक्मिणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; व्यक्तिवाचक (proper noun)

• कृष्णवल्लभा: beloved of Kṛṣṇa
• कृष्णवल्लभा: Visheshana (Qualifier/appositive)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृष्ण + वल्लभा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (कृष्णस्य वल्लभा)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced: Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa narration style in Māhātmya context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rukmiṇī-darśana in Dvārakā

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On one side, a grand yajña-śālā with priests and heaps of dakṣiṇā; on the other, the radiant shrine of Rukmiṇī—yet the devotee walks toward her darśana, indicating the verse’s hierarchy of values.

Characters & Entities

• Rukmiṇī
• Kṛṣṇa
• Yajña

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage-darśana rooted in bhakti is celebrated as a supreme purifier, even beyond elaborate sacrificial merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā/Dvāravatī, through the praise of Rukmiṇī’s darśana.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Sacrifices (yajña) with dakṣiṇā are mentioned as a comparison; no new yajña is prescribed.