Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 56

Devanagari script

तस्मिंस्तुष्टे जगन्नाथस्तुष्टो भवति नान्यथा

Transliteration

tasmiṃstuṣṭe jagannāthastuṣṭo bhavati nānyathā

Translation

तो संतुष्ट झाला की जगन्नाथही संतुष्ट होतात—यावाचून दुसरा मार्ग नाही.

Word by Word

• तस्मिन्: in/with him
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे/नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (Locative/7th), एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम

• तुष्टे: when (he is) pleased
• तुष्टे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √तुष्)
• Form: सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (Locative/7th), एकवचनम्; भूतकृदन्तः (Past passive participle)

• जगन्नाथः: Lord of the world
• जगन्नाथः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् + नाथ (प्रातिपदिकानि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (जगतः नाथः)

• तुष्टः: pleased
• तुष्टः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √तुष्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), एकवचनम्; भूतकृदन्तः (Past passive participle)

• भवति: becomes/is
• भवति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (Present), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd), एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निषेध/particle of negation)

• अन्यथा: otherwise
• अन्यथा: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (प्रकारवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण/adverb of manner)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Dvārakā-māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇas (continuing address)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotional maxim visualized: Vighneśa pleased with offerings; behind/above, Jagannātha/Kṛṣṇa radiates approval—showing the chain of grace from obstacle-remover to the Lord of the world.

Characters & Entities

• Gaṇanātha (implied)
• Jagannātha (Lord of the World)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion follows sacred order: by satisfying the remover of obstacles, one gains the Lord’s favor and success in dharmic aims.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, where devotional protocol is framed as a pathway to the Lord of the universe’s grace.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

An implied rule of practice: first satisfy the vighna-nāśaka; thereby the Supreme Lord is pleased.