Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

रुक्मिणीं सत्यभामां च देवीं जांबवतीं तथा । मित्रविंदां च कालिंदीं भद्रां नाग्नजितीं तथा

Transliteration

rukmiṇīṃ satyabhāmāṃ ca devīṃ jāṃbavatīṃ tathā | mitraviṃdāṃ ca kāliṃdīṃ bhadrāṃ nāgnajitīṃ tathā

Translation

അവനോടൊപ്പം രുക്മിണി, സത്യഭാമ, ദേവി ജാംബവതി; അതുപോലെ മിത്രവിന്ദ, കാലിന്ദി, ഭദ്ര, നാഗ്നജിതി എന്നിവരും ഉണ്ടായിരുന്നു।

Word by Word

• रुक्मिणीम्: Rukmiṇī
• रुक्मिणीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुक्मिणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• सत्यभामाम्: Satyabhāmā
• सत्यभामाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्यभामा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha/Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• देवीम्: the goddess (Devī)
• देवीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• जाम्बवतीम्: Jāmbavatī
• जाम्बवतीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जाम्बवती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तथा: likewise, also
• तथा: Sambandha/Modifier (प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकार/समुच्चयार्थ (adverb: likewise/also)

• मित्रविन्दाम्: Mitravindā
• मित्रविन्दाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मित्रविन्दा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha/Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• कालिन्दीम्: Kālindī
• कालिन्दीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कालिन्दी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• भद्राम्: Bhadrā
• भद्राम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भद्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• नाग्नजितीम्: Nāgnajitī
• नाग्नजितीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाग्नजिती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तथा: likewise, also
• तथा: Sambandha/Modifier (प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकार/समुच्चयार्थ (adverb: likewise/also)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced from Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kṛṣṇa in Dvārakā surrounded by his queens—Rukmiṇī, Satyabhāmā, Jāmbavatī, Mitravindā, Kāliṇdī, Bhadrā, Nāgnajitī—depicted as a regal yet devotional assembly, with each queen bearing distinct attributes and attire.

Characters & Entities

• Rukmiṇī
• Satyabhāmā
• Jāmbavatī
• Mitravindā
• Kāliṇdī
• Bhadrā
• Nāgnajitī
• Śrī Kṛṣṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It honors the divine household of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, presenting his queens as auspicious presences that sanctify Dvārakā and inspire bhakti through remembrance (smaraṇa).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, the sacred city of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, within the Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa’s Dvārakā-māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual (snāna, dāna, japa, or vrata) is stated in this verse; it functions as a devotional enumeration for remembrance and praise.