Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 79

Devanagari script

अनुग्रहं विधायैवमृषिणा सह केशवः । विवेश स्वपुरीं तत्र विधायोपांतिकं मुनिम्

Transliteration

anugrahaṃ vidhāyaivamṛṣiṇā saha keśavaḥ | viveśa svapurīṃ tatra vidhāyopāṃtikaṃ munim

Translation

ഇങ്ങനെ ഋഷിയോടുകൂടെ കേശവൻ അനുഗ്രഹം നല്കി, മുനിയെ സമീപത്തു സേവയ്ക്കായി നിർത്തി, തന്റെ സ്വപുരിയിൽ പ്രവേശിച്ചു।

Word by Word

• अनुग्रहम्: favor, grace
• अनुग्रहम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• विधाय: having bestowed/done
• विधाय: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-धा (धातु) → विधाय (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having done/arranged)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (thus)

• ऋषिणा: with the sage
• ऋषिणा: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारि)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahakaraka (Association/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सहार्थक-अव्यय (with)

• केशवः: Keśava (Krishna)
• केशवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: केशव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• विवेश: entered
• विवेश: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-विश् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• स्वपुरीम्: his own city
• स्वपुरीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व + पुरी (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; 'स्व' (आत्मीय) + 'पुरी'

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (there)

• विधाय: having placed
• विधाय: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-धा (धातु) → विधाय (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having placed/arranged)

• उपांतिकम्: nearby, close at hand
• उपांतिकम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उपान्तिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; 'मुनिम्' इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• मुनिम्: the sage
• मुनिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Keśava, accompanied by a venerable ṛṣi, enters the jeweled gates of Dvārakā; the muni is placed nearby in honored attendance, suggesting protective companionship and ritual propriety.

Characters & Entities

• Keśava
• ṛṣi (sage)
• Dvārakā (svapurī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Grace culminates in nearness—being brought close to the Lord and His sacred city is itself a mark of divine favor.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā (the Lord’s own city).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a narrative movement highlighting anugraha and entry into the sacred city.