Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

रुक्मिणीं च ततो गच्छेद्विदर्भतनयां नरः । उपहृत्योपहारांश्च बलिभिर्गंधदीपकैः

Transliteration

rukmiṇīṃ ca tato gacchedvidarbhatanayāṃ naraḥ | upahṛtyopahārāṃśca balibhirgaṃdhadīpakaiḥ

Translation

ततः पुरुषो विदर्भतनयां रुक्मिणीं प्रति गच्छेत्; बलिभिः गन्धदीपकैश्च सहोपहारान् समर्पयेत्।

Word by Word

• रुक्मिणीम्: Rukmiṇī
• रुक्मिणीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुक्मिणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Proper noun

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रम/अपादानार्थक-अव्यय (then/from there)

• गच्छेत्: should go
• गच्छेत्: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; ‘should go’

• विदर्भ-तनयाम्: the daughter of Vidarbha
• विदर्भ-तनयाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विदर्भ (प्रातिपदिक) + तनया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘daughter of Vidarbha’ (epithet of Rukmiṇī)

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• उपहृत्य: having offered
• उपहृत्य: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial to main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप + हृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; ‘having offered/brought’

• उपहारान्: offerings/presents
• उपहारान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपहार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• बलिभिः: with oblations
• बलिभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बलि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• गन्ध-दीपकैः: with perfumes and lamps
• गन्ध-दीपकैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्ध (प्रातिपदिक) + दीपक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (with fragrances and lamps)

Speaker

Prahlāda (continuing)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rukmiṇī-sannidhi, Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim approaches Rukmiṇī’s shrine in Dvārakā carrying offerings; attendants prepare bali, incense, and lamps; the sanctum glows with dīpa-light as the devotee bows with folded hands.

Characters & Entities

• Rukmiṇī
• Vidarbha
• Bali (offering)
• Gandha (fragrance)
• Dīpa (lamp)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion in a sacred kṣetra includes honoring the Lord’s divine consort with proper offerings and reverence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, where the worship-sequence includes approaching Rukmiṇī as part of the sacred landscape of devotion.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Go to Rukmiṇī and offer upahāras (gifts), bali, fragrances, and lamps.