Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

तुलसीमालया कृष्णः पूजितो रुक्मिणी पतिः । फलमेतन्महीपाल यच्छते नात्र सशयः

Transliteration

tulasīmālayā kṛṣṇaḥ pūjito rukmiṇī patiḥ | phalametanmahīpāla yacchate nātra saśayaḥ

Translation

ਹੇ ਮਹੀਪਾਲ! ਤੁਲਸੀ ਦੀ ਮਾਲਾ ਨਾਲ ਰੁਕਮਿਣੀ-ਪਤੀ ਕ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਨ ਦੀ ਪੂਜਾ ਕੀਤੀ ਜਾਵੇ ਤਾਂ ਉਹ ਇਹ ਫਲ ਬਖ਼ਸ਼ਦਾ ਹੈ—ਇਸ ਵਿੱਚ ਕੋਈ ਸੰਦੇਹ ਨਹੀਂ।

Word by Word

• तुलसीमालया: with a tulasī garland
• तुलसीमालया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तुलसी + माला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (tulasīyāḥ mālā)

• कृष्णः: Kṛṣṇa
• कृष्णः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• पूजितः: worshipped
• पूजितः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया-भाव)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/Past passive participle) ‘पूजित’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• रुक्मिणी: of Rukmiṇī
• रुक्मिणी: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुक्मिणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• पतिः: husband; lord
• पतिः: Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; उपपद-सम्बन्ध (apposition to कृष्णः)

• फलम्: fruit; result
• फलम्: Karta/Predicate-noun (कर्ता/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying फलम्)

• महीपाल: O king (protector of the earth)
• महीपाल: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मही + पाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (Vocative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (mahīyāḥ pālaḥ)

• यच्छते: bestows; grants
• यच्छते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: यम् (धातु; यच्छति)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Negation (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• अत्र: here; in this matter
• अत्र: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta/Predicate-noun (कर्ता/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified (Dvārakā Māhātmya narrator addressing a king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (mahīpāla)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee (or king) offers a fragrant tulasī garland to Kṛṣṇa as Rukmiṇī’s lord; Kṛṣṇa’s icon or four-armed Viṣṇu radiates; tulasī plant nearby; the verse’s ‘no doubt’ is shown as a clear, luminous blessing gesture.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa
• Rukmiṇī
• Tulasī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Simple, heartfelt worship of Kṛṣṇa with tulasī is highly efficacious and surely rewarded.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, as the wider section is the Dvārakā Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā of Kṛṣṇa using a tulasī garland (tulasī-mālā).