Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 59

Devanagari script

बृहस्पतिरुवाच । श्रूयतां तात वक्ष्यामि माहात्म्यं द्वारकोद्भवम् । मनुष्यरूपो भगवान्यत्र क्रीडति केशवः

Transliteration

bṛhaspatiruvāca | śrūyatāṃ tāta vakṣyāmi māhātmyaṃ dvārakodbhavam | manuṣyarūpo bhagavānyatra krīḍati keśavaḥ

Translation

ဗြဟ္စပတိက ပြောသည်— «နားထောင်ပါ သားရေ၊ ဒွာရကာမှ ပေါ်ပေါက်သော မဟာတန်ခိုးကို ငါ ပြောမည်။ ထိုနေရာ၌ ကေရှဝ (ကေသဝ) သခင်ဘုရားသည် လူ့ရုပ်ကို ခံယူကာ လီလာ (divine play) ဖြင့် ကစား၍ နေထိုင်တော်မူ၏။»

Word by Word

• बृहस्पतिः: Bṛhaspati
• बृहस्पतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बृहस्पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• श्रूयताम्: let (it) be heard
• श्रूयताम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद; भावे/कर्मणि प्रयोगः (passive sense): ‘let it be heard’

• तात: dear one/son
• तात: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• वक्ष्यामि: I shall tell
• वक्ष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तम-पुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• माहात्म्यम्: greatness, sacred glory
• माहात्म्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• द्वारकोद्भवम्: arising from Dvārakā
• द्वारकोद्भवम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वारका (प्रातिपदिक) + उद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (द्वारकायाः उद्भवम्)

• मनुष्यरूपः: having human form
• मनुष्यरूपः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मनुष्य (प्रातिपदिक) + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (मनुष्यस्य रूपः)

• भगवान्: the Blessed Lord
• भगवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सम्बन्ध-बोधक-अव्यय (relative adverb: ‘where’)

• क्रीडति: plays, sports
• क्रीडति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्रीड् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• केशवः: Keśava (Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa)
• केशवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: केशव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Bṛhaspati

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā (as līlā-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Indra (addressed as ‘tāta’ in affectionate instruction)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bṛhaspati in teaching posture describing Dvārakā’s greatness; behind him, a visionary tableau of Kṛṣṇa in human form strolling in palace gardens, playing with citizens, embodying līlā.

Characters & Entities

• Bṛhaspati
• Dvārakā
• Keśava (Kṛṣṇa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The sacredness of a place is rooted in divine presence—Dvārakā is महान because Bhagavān is intimately present there.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, as the arena of Keśava’s human-form līlā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse introduces the forthcoming māhātmya narration.