Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

रथारूढं प्रकुर्वंति ये कृष्णं मधुमाधवे । मुक्तिं प्रयांति ते सर्वे कुलकोटिसमन्विताः

Transliteration

rathārūḍhaṃ prakurvaṃti ye kṛṣṇaṃ madhumādhave | muktiṃ prayāṃti te sarve kulakoṭisamanvitāḥ

Translation

మధుమాధవుడైన శ్రీకృష్ణుని రథారూఢునిగా చేసి విధివిధానంగా అలంకరించి పూజించువారు, తమ కులకోటులతో కూడ మోక్షాన్ని పొందుదురు।

Word by Word

• रथ-आरूढम्: mounted on a chariot
• रथ-आरूढम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रथ (प्रातिपदिक) + आरूढ (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; आ + रुह् धातु + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; द्वितीया-तत्पुरुष (रथम् आरूढः) — ‘कृष्णम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• प्रकुर्वन्ति: they make/do
• प्रकुर्वन्ति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• ये: who/those who
• ये: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• कृष्णम्: Krishna
• कृष्णम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• मधु-माधवे: in/with regard to Madhu and Mādhava (Vishnu/Krishna)
• मधु-माधवे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधु (प्रातिपदिक) + माधव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; द्वन्द्व-समास (मधुश्च माधवश्च) — विषये/आश्रये

• मुक्तिम्: liberation
• मुक्तिम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• प्रयान्ति: they attain/go to
• प्रयान्ति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (ते इत्यस्य)

• कुल-कोटि-समन्विताः: accompanied by crores of their families/lineages
• कुल-कोटि-समन्विताः: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (कर्तृसमानााधिकरण/प्रेडिकेट)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कुल (प्रातिपदिक) + कोटि (प्रातिपदिक) + समन्वित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; सम् + अन्वि/इ धातु + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (कुलकोट्या समन्विताः)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Skanda Purāṇa context within Māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Daityarājendra (lord of Daityas)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A richly decorated wooden chariot bearing Śrī Kṛṣṇa Madhumādhava, garlanded and crowned, drawn by devotees through Dvārakā’s streets; conches and drums resound as families offer lamps and flowers, suggesting liberation and ancestral uplift.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa
• Madhumādhava

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Active devotional service—public honoring of Kṛṣṇa—leads to mukti and is portrayed as benefiting one’s whole lineage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, where Kṛṣṇa’s royal and sacred presence inspires procession-worship and liberation-oriented devotion.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Ratha-ārūḍha-sevā: arranging/celebrating Kṛṣṇa on a chariot (procession or ceremonial installation), akin to ratha-yātrā style worship.