Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

श्रीकृष्ण उवाच । समुद्रेण प्रदत्ता मे भूभिर्द्वादशयोजना । तस्यां निवसतो ब्रह्मन्पुरी हेममयी मम

Transliteration

śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca | samudreṇa pradattā me bhūbhirdvādaśayojanā | tasyāṃ nivasato brahmanpurī hemamayī mama

Translation

Шри Кришна сказал: «О брахман, Океан даровал мне землю, простирающуюся на двенадцать йоджан. Обитая там, я имею город, сотканный из золота».

Word by Word

• श्रीकृष्ण: Śrī Kṛṣṇa
• श्रीकृष्ण: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक) + कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (श्रीमान् कृष्णः)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• समुद्रेण: by the ocean/sea
• समुद्रेण: Karana (Instrument/Agent-in-passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• प्रदत्ता: given
• प्रदत्ता: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘given/bestowed’

• मे: to me
• मे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन (enclitic)

• भूभिः: by lands (as extent)
• भूभिः: Karana (Instrument/Measure/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भू (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; ‘by lands/earths’ (measure/extent)

• द्वादश: twelve
• द्वादश: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वादश (संख्याशब्द-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्याविशेषण (indeclinable numeral used adjectivally)

• योजना: yojana (a measure)
• योजना: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योजना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; परिमाणवाचक

• तस्याम्: in that (land/city)
• तस्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• निवसतः: of (me) residing
• निवसतः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-वस् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; ‘of (me) dwelling’

• ब्रह्मन्: O Brahman (sage)
• ब्रह्मन्: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• पुरी: city
• पुरी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• हेममयी: golden, made of gold
• हेममयी: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हेम (प्रातिपदिक) + मय (प्रातिपदिक/तद्धित)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तद्धितान्त (मयट्), ‘made of gold’

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

Speaker

Kṛṣṇa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Durvāsā (brāhmaṇa-ṛṣi)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kṛṣṇa speaks to a brāhmaṇa-sage beside the sea; the ocean is envisioned as yielding a broad tract of land, upon which a radiant golden city rises.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa
• Samudra (Ocean)
• Dvārakā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine order harmonizes nature and dharma— even the Ocean participates in establishing a righteous sacred city.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, presented as a divinely founded city on land granted by the Ocean.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual; the verse functions as māhātmya—establishing Dvārakā’s divine origin and sanctity.