Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 80

Devanagari script

स्थित्वा जगृहतुर्द्दिव्ये श्वेतच्छत्रे मनोहरे । द्वारकायस्तथा शुभ्रे चामरव्यजने शुभे

Transliteration

sthitvā jagṛhaturddivye śvetacchatre manohare | dvārakāyastathā śubhre cāmaravyajane śubhe

Translation

അവിടെ നിന്നുകൊണ്ട് അവർ ദിവ്യവും മനോഹരവുമായ ശ്വേതച്ഛത്രങ്ങൾ ഏറ്റെടുത്തു; ദ്വാരകയ്ക്കായി ശുദ്ധവും ശുഭവുമായ ചാമരവ്യജനങ്ങളും കൈകൊണ്ടു।

Word by Word

• स्थित्वा: having stood
• स्थित्वा: Kriya (Gerundial action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव (indeclinable verbal); ‘having stood’

• जगृहतुः: the two took/held
• जगृहतुः: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), द्विवचन (dual)

• दिव्ये: divine
• दिव्ये: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), सप्तमी (locative), द्विवचन (dual); विशेषण

• श्वेत-छत्रे: in/at the white umbrellas
• श्वेत-छत्रे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्वेत (प्रातिपदिक) + छत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), सप्तमी (locative), द्विवचन (dual); कर्मधारय: ‘श्वेतं छत्रम्’

• मनः-हरे: charming
• मनः-हरे: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक) + हर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), सप्तमी (locative), द्विवचन (dual); बहुव्रीहिवत्-विशेषणार्थे; ‘मनः हरति इति’ (mind-enchanting)

• द्वारकायाः: of Dvārakā
• द्वारकायाः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वारका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), षष्ठी (genitive), एकवचन (singular)

• तथा: also, likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/समुच्चयार्थ (thus/also)

• शुभ्रे: bright, pure
• शुभ्रे: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), सप्तमी (locative), द्विवचन (dual); विशेषण

• चामर-व्यजने: in/at the cāmara fans
• चामर-व्यजने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चामर (प्रातिपदिक) + व्यजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), सप्तमी (locative), द्विवचन (dual); तत्पुरुष: ‘चामरस्य व्यजने’ (yak-tail fans)

• शुभे: auspicious
• शुभे: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), सप्तमी (locative), द्विवचन (dual); विशेषण

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Dvārakā Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: ṛṣis/brāhmaṇas

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Attendants stand and lift bright white parasols and wave pure yak-tail cāmara fans in synchronized service, framing Dvārakā’s sanctum like a royal court honoring a divine sovereign.

Characters & Entities

• Dvārakā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places are honored like living sovereigns—devotion expresses itself through respectful offerings and service.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, receiving royal emblems of honor (parasols and cāmara fans).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied upacāra (honorific service): offering chatra (parasols) and cāmara (fans) as marks of reverence.