Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

अवश्यं यदि तुष्टोऽसि मम सर्वजगत्पते । अत्र सांनिध्यमागच्छ कूपे नित्यं जनार्दन

Transliteration

avaśyaṃ yadi tuṣṭo'si mama sarvajagatpate | atra sāṃnidhyamāgaccha kūpe nityaṃ janārdana

Translation

Jika benar Engkau berkenan kepadaku, wahai Tuhan segala jagat, maka datanglah dan bersemayam di sini dalam kehadiran yang kekal—di dalam perigi ini, wahai Janārdana.

Word by Word

• अवश्यम्: surely/indeed
• अवश्यम्: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अवश्यम् (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (adverb of certainty)

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तार्थक-अव्यय (conditional particle)

• तुष्टः: pleased
• तुष्टः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; तुष् धातोः क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त

• असि: you are
• असि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• मम: of me/my
• मम: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम

• सर्वजगत्पते: O Lord of all the world
• सर्वजगत्पते: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + जगत् + पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सर्वजगतः पतिः)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• सांनिध्यम्: presence/nearby abiding
• सांनिध्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सांनिध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• आगच्छ: come
• आगच्छ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + गम् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• कूपे: in the well
• कूपे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्यम् (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• जनार्दन: O Janārdana (Viṣṇu)
• जनार्दन: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनार्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

Speaker

Yudhiṣṭhira

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Janārdana-kūpa (implied by verse: ‘kūpe nityam’)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (sages/assembly); internal: Yudhiṣṭhira → Janārdana (Kṛṣṇa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Yudhiṣṭhira petitions Kṛṣṇa to dwell eternally in a particular well at Prabhāsa; the well becomes a sanctum of living divinity.

Characters & Entities

• Janārdana (Śrī Kṛṣṇa)
• Kūpa (sacred well)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True devotion seeks not merely gifts but the Lord’s abiding presence, sanctifying a place for the welfare of future pilgrims.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

A specific sacred well (kūpa) in Prabhāsakṣetra is highlighted as a locus of Janārdana’s perpetual presence.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, the establishment of a sacred locus for pilgrimage; later verses specify bathing and śrāddha connected to this spot.