Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 92

Devanagari script

प्रद्युम्नबलशैनेयगदाचक्रादिभिः सदा । शतलक्षप्रमाणैस्तु सेव्यते स गिरिर्महान्

Transliteration

pradyumnabalaśaineyagadācakrādibhiḥ sadā | śatalakṣapramāṇaistu sevyate sa girirmahān

Translation

तो महान गिरि सदैव प्रद्युम्न, बल, शैनेय, गदा, चक्र इत्यादींनी—शतलक्ष संख्येने—सेविला जातो।

Word by Word

• pradyumna-bala-śaineya-gadā-cakra-ādibhiḥ: with Pradyumna, Bala, Śaineya, Gadā, Cakra, etc.
• pradyumna-bala-śaineya-gadā-cakra-ādibhiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pradyumna (प्रातिपदिक) + bala (प्रातिपदिक) + śaineya (प्रातिपदिक) + gadā (प्रातिपदिक) + cakra (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग-समाहार (collective), तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (enumerative) ‘प्रद्युम्नादिभिः ...’—‘with Pradyumna, Bala, Śaineya, Gadā, Cakra, etc.’

• sadā: always
• sadā: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (always)

• śata-lakṣa-pramāṇaiḥ: in numbers of a hundred lakhs (ten million)
• śata-lakṣa-pramāṇaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śata (प्रातिपदिक) + lakṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + pramāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः—‘शतलक्षस्य प्रमाणैः’ (in measures numbering a hundred lakhs)

• tu: indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/विरोधार्थक (indeed/but)

• sevyate: is worshipped/served
• sevyate: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sev (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगः—‘is served/worshipped’

• saḥ: that
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• giriḥ: mountain
• giriḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: giri (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• mahān: great
• mahān: Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; giriḥ इति विशेषणम्

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dāmodara-giri (implied)

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A towering sacred hill with a radiant summit shrine; innumerable celestial attendants surround it. Named figures—Pradyumna and Bala—stand prominently, while personified Gadā and Cakra appear as divine beings or as luminous emblems hovering near Dāmodara’s presence.

Characters & Entities

• Pradyumna
• Bala (Balarāma)
• Śaineya
• Gadā
• Cakra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha’s greatness is shown by divine presence and continual service; sacred space is portrayed as actively inhabited by dharmic powers.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A ‘great mountain’ associated with Vastrāpatha-kṣetra in the Prabhāsa region is praised as continually attended by Vaiṣṇava figures.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is stated; the verse functions as a māhātmya claim establishing sanctity through divine attendance.