Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

आराधितः स च यदा हरिराविर्बभूव ह । संस्तूयमानो मुनिभिर्लक्ष्म्या सह जगत्पतिः

Transliteration

ārādhitaḥ sa ca yadā harirāvirbabhūva ha | saṃstūyamāno munibhirlakṣmyā saha jagatpatiḥ

Translation

ഹരിയെ വിധിപൂർവ്വം ആരാധിച്ചപ്പോൾ, അവൻ സാക്ഷാൽ പ്രത്യക്ഷനായി. മുനിമാർ സ്തുതിക്കെ, ലക്ഷ്മിയോടുകൂടിയ ജഗത്പതി അവിർഭവിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• आराधितः: worshipped/propitiated
• आराधितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-राध् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘हरिः’ विशेषण

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘हरिः’ सह समानाधिकरण

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

• यदा: when
• यदा: Sambandha (Temporal/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb: when)

• हरिः: Hari (Viṣṇu)
• हरिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्ता

• आविः: manifest
• आविः: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आविस्/आविः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रादुर्भावार्थक (manifestly)

• बभूव: became/appeared
• बभूव: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ह: indeed
• ह: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात; पदपूरण/स्मरणार्थ (emphatic particle)

• संस्तूयमानः: being praised
• संस्तूयमानः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-स्तु (धातु) + यमान (कृदन्त; शानच्)
• Form: वर्तमानकर्मणि कृदन्त (present passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘जगत्पतिः’ विशेषण

• मुनिभिः: by sages
• मुनिभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; करण (agent/instrument in passive)

• लक्ष्म्या: with Lakṣmī
• लक्ष्म्या: Sahakaraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष्मी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; सह-योगे (in company with)

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahakaraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सहयोगार्थक-अव्यय (with)

• जगत्पतिः: Lord of the world
• जगत्पतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक) + पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (जगतः पतिः)

Speaker

Narrative voice (following Prahlāda’s discourse; specific speaker not explicit in this verse itself)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Hari manifests before assembled sages; Lakṣmī stands beside Him; the atmosphere is luminous with praise and ritual readiness.

Characters & Entities

• Hari
• Lakṣmī
• Munis
• Jagatpati

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere worship (ārādhana) culminates in divine revelation (darśana), affirming bhakti’s power in Purāṇic dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse functions within Dvārakā Māhātmya’s sacred narrative, where worship in the Dvārakā sphere leads to Hari’s manifestation.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Ārādhana (devotional worship/propitiation) and stuti (praise) by sages are implied as the means leading to darśana.