Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

अथावबुध्य तत्सर्वं सर्वभूतगुहाशयः । तां ज्ञात्वा सत्वरं चाऽगात्सुपर्णेन दयानिधिः

Transliteration

athāvabudhya tatsarvaṃ sarvabhūtaguhāśayaḥ | tāṃ jñātvā satvaraṃ cā'gātsuparṇena dayānidhiḥ

Translation

അപ്പോൾ സർവ്വഭൂതങ്ങളുടെ ഹൃദയഗുഹയിൽ വസിക്കുന്നവൻ എല്ലാം അറിഞ്ഞു; അവളുടെ അവസ്ഥ മനസ്സിലാക്കി കരുണാനിധിയായ ഭഗവാൻ സുപർണ്ണൻ (ഗരുഡൻ)മേൽ കയറി വേഗത്തിൽ അവിടെ എത്തി।

Word by Word

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha (Discourse/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अनन्तरार्थक) = "then/now"

• avabudhya: having understood
• avabudhya: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ava-√budh (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (अव्ययकृदन्त) = gerund; "having understood/realized"

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम = "that"

• sarvam: all
• sarvam: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण = "all/entire" (qualifies tat)

• sarva-bhūta-guhā-śayaḥ: the indweller of all beings
• sarva-bhūta-guhā-śayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + bhūta (प्रातिपदिक) + guhā (प्रातिपदिक) + śaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (सर्वेषां भूतानां गुहायां शयः/आशयः) = "dwelling in the cave/heart of all beings"

• tām: her
• tām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम = "her"

• jñātvā: having recognized
• jñātvā: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √jñā (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (अव्ययकृदन्त) = gerund; "having known/recognized"

• satvaram: quickly
• satvaram: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: satvara (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = "quickly/with haste"

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय) = conjunction "and"

• agāt: went
• agāt: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद = "went"

• suparṇena: with Garuḍa
• suparṇena: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: suparṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन = instrumental; "with Suparṇa (Garuḍa)"

• dayā-nidhiḥ: the treasure of compassion
• dayā-nidhiḥ: Karta (Subject apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dayā (प्रातिपदिक) + nidhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (दयायाः निधिः) = "treasure of compassion"

Speaker

Prahlāda (narration continues)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā/Prabhāsa narrative tīrtha (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: sages/assembly

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa, radiant and compassionate, descends swiftly on Garuḍa toward the riverbank where the distraught river-goddess stands with a cloth-noose; the air brightens as rescue arrives.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa/Viṣṇu (implied)
• Garuḍa (Suparṇa)
• devī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Lord as Antaryāmin knows all suffering inwardly and responds with compassion, emphasizing divine guardianship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā is the māhātmya context; the verse highlights the Lord’s presence and intervention connected with Dvārakā’s sacred narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse emphasizes theology (indwelling Lord) and divine action (arrival on Garuḍa).