Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

दिव्यश्वेताश्वयुक्तेन कामगेन यथासुखम् । आभूतसंप्लवं यावत्क्रीडतेऽप्सरसां गणैः

Transliteration

divyaśvetāśvayuktena kāmagena yathāsukham | ābhūtasaṃplavaṃ yāvatkrīḍate'psarasāṃ gaṇaiḥ

Translation

ਦਿਵ੍ਯ ਸ਼ੁੱਧ-ਸਫੈਦ ਘੋੜਿਆਂ ਨਾਲ ਜੁਤਿਆ, ਇੱਛਾ-ਗਾਮੀ ਰਥ ਵਿੱਚ ਯਥਾਸੁਖ ਭੋਗ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈ; ਭੂਤ-ਸੰਪਲਵ (ਪ੍ਰਲਯ) ਤੱਕ ਅਪਸਰਾਵਾਂ ਦੇ ਗਣਾਂ ਨਾਲ ਕ੍ਰੀੜਾ ਕਰਦਾ ਰਹਿੰਦਾ ਹੈ।

Word by Word

• दिव्यश्वेताश्वयुक्तेन: with (a vehicle) yoked with divine white horses
• दिव्यश्वेताश्वयुक्तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य + श्वेत + अश्व + युक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• कामगेन: wish-moving, moving at will
• कामगेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: काम + ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• यथा: as, according to
• यथा: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमान/प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of manner)

• सुखम्: comfortably, at ease
• सुखम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd) एकवचन (Singular); अव्ययीभावार्थे क्रियाविशेषणवत् (used adverbially)

• आभूतसंप्लवम्: until the cosmic deluge
• आभूतसंप्लवम्: Kaaladhikarana (Temporal extent/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आ + भूत + संप्लव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); कालपरिमाणवाचक (extent of time)

• यावत्: until
• यावत्: Kaaladhikarana (Temporal limit/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: पर्यन्तवाचक-अव्यय (until; limit marker)

• क्रीडते: plays, sports
• क्रीडते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्रीड् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद

• अप्सरसाम्: of the apsarases
• अप्सरसाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप्सरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• गणैः: with groups
• गणैः: Sahakarana (Association/सहकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

Speaker

Prahlāda (contextual continuation; describing phala)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā Māhātmya (phala of Dvādaśī pāṭha implied)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant chariot drawn by divine white horses glides through luminous skies; the devotee reclines in ease; apsarases dance in a circle; far in the background, a faint cosmic ocean hints at pralaya’s boundary.

Characters & Entities

• Apsarases

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The text uses vivid heavenly imagery to extol the potency of Dvārakā-centered devotion and observances.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, indirectly, through the fruits promised for its Māhātmya recitation and vows.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new prescription; it continues the phala (result) of Dvādaśī recitation in Viṣṇu’s presence.