Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 63

Devanagari script

तस्याः ससाध्वसविसर्गचिकीर्षितायाः पाशं व्यपोह्य करचारु सरोरुहेण । आदाय पाणिममृतोपमया च वाचा संजीवयन्निदमुदारमुदाजहार

Transliteration

tasyāḥ sasādhvasavisargacikīrṣitāyāḥ pāśaṃ vyapohya karacāru saroruheṇa | ādāya pāṇimamṛtopamayā ca vācā saṃjīvayannidamudāramudājahāra

Translation

അവൾ ഭയത്തോടെ ജീവൻ ഉപേക്ഷിക്കാൻ ഒരുങ്ങുമ്പോൾ, പ്രഭു തന്റെ മനോഹര പദ്മഹസ്തം കൊണ്ട് അവളുടെ പാശം നീക്കി. അവളുടെ കൈ പിടിച്ച്, അമൃതസമാന വാക്കുകളാൽ അവളെ സഞ്ജീവിപ്പിച്ച്, ഈ ഉദാര വചനം ഉച്ചരിച്ചു।

Word by Word

• tasyāḥ: of her
• tasyāḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• sa-sādhvasa-visarga-cikīrṣitāyāḥ: who intended a fearful act (of abandoning/letting go)
• sa-sādhvasa-visarga-cikīrṣitāyāḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa (सह/सम्, उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + sādhvasa (प्रातिपदिक) + visarga (प्रातिपदिक) + cikīrṣita (√kṛ धातु, desiderative PPP as adjective)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; विशेषण; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (sādhvasa-visargaṃ cikīrṣitam yasyāḥ = who intended a fearful act of letting-go/abandoning)

• pāśam: noose/snare
• pāśam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• vyapohya: having removed
• vyapohya: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vi-apa-√uh (ऊह्/उह् धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive)

• kara-cāru: with (his) beautiful hand
• kara-cāru: Karana (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kara (प्रातिपदिक) + cāru (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; विशेषण; कर्मधारयः (cāruḥ karaḥ = beautiful hand)

• saroruheṇa: with a lotus
• saroruheṇa: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saroruha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• ādāya: having taken
• ādāya: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ā-√dā (दा धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive)

• pāṇim: hand
• pāṇim: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāṇi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• amṛta-upamayā: with nectar-like
• amṛta-upamayā: Karana (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: amṛta (प्रातिपदिक) + upamā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; विशेषण; तत्पुरुषः (amṛtasya upamā = like nectar)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• vācā: with speech/words
• vācā: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāc (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• saṃjīvayan: reviving (her)
• saṃjīvayan: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saṃ-√jīv (जीव् धातु) (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक: शतृ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; वर्तमानकृदन्त (present active participle, शतृ)

• idam: this
• idam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• udāram: noble/gracious
• udāram: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: udāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (idam इत्यस्य)

• udājahāra: said/uttered
• udājahāra: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ud-ā-√hṛ (हृ धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Prahlāda (narration continues)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kṛṣṇa gently removes the noose with a lotus-hand, takes her hand, and revives her with nectar-like words—an intimate tableau of salvation.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa (implied)
• devī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Lord actively protects life and heals despair—both through action (removing danger) and through dharmic, life-giving counsel.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Within Dvārakā-māhātmya, the Lord’s saving act contributes to the celebratory remembrance of Dvārakā as Kṛṣṇa’s grace-filled realm.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; the verse models compassionate intervention and the ethical imperative to protect life.