Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

इत्युक्तपूर्वं किल नारदेन श्रेयोर्थबुद्ध्या विनतासुताय । कृष्णात्परं नान्यदिहास्ति दैवं व्रतं तदह्नः परमं न किंचित्

Transliteration

ityuktapūrvaṃ kila nāradena śreyorthabuddhyā vinatāsutāya | kṛṣṇātparaṃ nānyadihāsti daivaṃ vrataṃ tadahnaḥ paramaṃ na kiṃcit

Translation

Так, поистине, Нарада прежде говорил, желая высшего блага, сыну Винаты (Гаруде): «Здесь нет божества выше Кришны, и нет обета выше обета того дня».

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• ukta-pūrvam: previously said
• ukta-pūrvam: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial qualifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vac (धातु) + ukta (कृदन्त) + pūrva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular; समासः: पूर्वम् उक्तम् (कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-प्रयोग)

• kila: indeed, it is said
• kila: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kila (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/श्रुत्यर्थक-अव्यय (particle: 'indeed/it is said')

• nāradena: by Nārada
• nāradena: Kartr-karana (Agent-instrument/कर्ता-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nārada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• śreyorthabuddhyā: with the intention of the highest good
• śreyorthabuddhyā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śreyas-artha-buddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Feminine, Instrumental, Singular; समासः: श्रेयसः अर्थः यस्याः सा बुद्धिः / श्रेयसि अर्थबुद्धिः (तत्पुरुष)

• vinatāsutāya: to Vinatā’s son (Garuḍa)
• vinatāsutāya: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vinatā-suta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Dative, Singular; समासः: विनतायाः सुतः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• kṛṣṇāt: than Kṛṣṇa
• kṛṣṇāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛṣṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• param: higher, beyond
• param: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular (predicative)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• anyat: anything else
• anyat: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• iha: here (in this world)
• iha: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iha (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• asti: is
• asti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन — Present Indicative, 3rd Person, Singular

• daivam: divinity, deity
• daivam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daiva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• vratam: vow, observance
• vratam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vrata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• tad-ahnaḥ: of that day
• tad-ahnaḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad-ahan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Neuter, Genitive, Singular; समासः: तस्य अह्नः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• paramam: supreme
• paramam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Neuter, Nominative, Singular (agreeing with vratam)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• kiṃcit: anything at all
• kiṃcit: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kiṃcit (सर्वनाम/अव्यय-प्रयोग)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Neuter, Nominative, Singular (indefinite pronoun)

Speaker

Narrative voice quoting Nārada’s prior instruction

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Garuḍa (Vinatā-suta)
• Kṛṣṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kṛṣṇa is proclaimed as the highest divinity, and the observance connected with that sacred day is upheld as the supreme vrata.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is named; the focus is doctrinal—praising Kṛṣṇa and the preeminent vrata within the Dvārakā Māhātmya narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Observing ‘the vrata of that day’ (in the surrounding context, the Ekādaśī/Dvādaśī-related vigil/fast) as the highest vow.