Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

निवेदयत मां प्राप्तं यादवेन्द्राय सात्मजम् । इति तस्य वचः श्रुत्वा ते कृष्णाय न्यवेदयन्

Transliteration

nivedayata māṃ prāptaṃ yādavendrāya sātmajam | iti tasya vacaḥ śrutvā te kṛṣṇāya nyavedayan

Translation

“จงกราบทูลแด่เจ้าแห่งยาทวะว่าเรามาถึงแล้วพร้อมบุตรของเรา” ครั้นได้ยินถ้อยคำนั้น พวกเขาจึงไปกราบทูลพระกฤษณะ

Word by Word

• निवेदयत: inform / report (you all)
• निवेदयत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि- + विद् (धातु) caus. निवेदय् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative/आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद; causative (णिजन्त)

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• प्राप्तम्: arrived
• प्राप्तम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु) → प्राप्त (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त

• यादवेन्द्राय: to the lord of the Yadus
• यादवेन्द्राय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यादव (प्रातिपदिक) + इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (यादवानाम् इन्द्रः)

• सात्मजम्: together with (his) son
• सात्मजम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (सह/सम्; उपसर्गसदृश) + आत्मज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषण (सहित-भाव: with one’s son)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/इति-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरणसूचक अव्यय (quotative)

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• वचः: words / message
• वचः: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन (वचः = acc./nom. sg.); कर्म

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: श्रु (धातु) → श्रुत्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund)

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

• कृष्णाय: to Kṛṣṇa
• कृष्णाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन

• न्यवेदयन्: they reported / informed
• न्यवेदयन्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि- + विद् (धातु) caus. निवेदय् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (imperfect/past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद; causative (णिजन्त); न्-आगम/सन्धि-रूप: नि+अवेदयन् → न्यवेदयन्

Speaker

Ghaṭotkaca (first sentence), then Sūta (narration of the reporting)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Ghaṭotkaca requests that his arrival be announced to the Yādava lord; the guards, having heard, turn to report to Kṛṣṇa.

Characters & Entities

• Ghaṭotkaca
• Kṛṣṇa
• Yādavendra (Kṛṣṇa)
• Ghaṭotkaca’s son

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional etiquette—seeking permission and proper introduction—honors both the Lord and the community.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā is portrayed as a well-ordered sacred capital centered on Kṛṣṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No formal ritual; the emphasis is on respectful procedure in approaching the divine king.