Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 74

Devanagari script

यो नृत्यति प्रहृष्टात्मा भावैर्बहु सुभक्तितः । स निर्द्दहति पापानि मन्वंतरकृतान्यपि

Transliteration

yo nṛtyati prahṛṣṭātmā bhāvairbahu subhaktitaḥ | sa nirddahati pāpāni manvaṃtarakṛtānyapi

Translation

ആനന്ദഭരിതമായ ഹൃദയത്തോടെ, ഗാഢഭക്തിഭാവങ്ങളോടെ നൃത്തം ചെയ്യുന്നവൻ, മന്വന്തരങ്ങളിൽ സമ്പാദിച്ച പാപങ്ങളെയും ദഹിപ്പിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्; सम्बन्धबोधकः

• नृत्यति: dances
• नृत्यति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नृत् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्

• प्रहृष्ट-आत्मा: one whose mind is delighted
• प्रहृष्ट-आत्मा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रहृष्ट (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक) + आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्; समासः—बहुव्रीहिः (प्रहृष्टः आत्मा यस्य सः)

• भावैः: with emotions / devotional feelings
• भावैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचनम्

• बहु: much / greatly
• बहु: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययवत्)
• Form: परिमाणवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of degree)

• सु-भक्तितः: with good devotion / devoutly
• सु-भक्तितः: Hetu/Adverbial (हेतुवत्)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सु (अव्यय) + भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त-अव्यय (ablatival adverb) ‘-तः’; अर्थः—‘भक्त्या’/‘भक्तितः’ = devotion-wise; ‘सु’ उपपदेन विशेषितम्

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्

• निर्दहति: burns up / destroys
• निर्दहति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: निर् + दह् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्

• पापानि: sins
• पापानि: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचनम्

• मन्वन्तर-कृतानि: done in (previous) manvantaras
• मन्वन्तर-कृतानि: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मन्वन्तर (प्रातिपदिक) + कृत (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचनम्; ‘पापानि’ इति विशेषणम्; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (मन्वन्तरे कृतानि)

• अपि: even / also
• अपि: Particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-कारार्थक निपातः

Speaker

Sūta (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A circle of devotees dances in ecstatic devotion before Kṛṣṇa; their movements form a whirl of light, depicted as flames consuming dark smoke-like sins labeled ‘manvantara-pāpa’.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Authentic devotion expressed through joyful worship purifies even very old karmic burdens.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, where bhakti-expressions like dance are praised for their purifying power.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Devotional dancing (nṛtya) performed with inner bhāva and sincere devotion.