Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 70

Devanagari script

दीप्तिमंतं सकर्पूरं करोत्यारार्तिकं नृप । कृष्णस्य वसते लोके सप्तकल्पानि मानवः

Transliteration

dīptimaṃtaṃ sakarpūraṃ karotyārārtikaṃ nṛpa | kṛṣṇasya vasate loke saptakalpāni mānavaḥ

Translation

ข้าแต่มหาราช ผู้ใดถวายอารตีอันสว่างไสวด้วยการบูร ผู้นั้นย่อมพำนักในโลกของพระกฤษณะตลอดเจ็ดกัลป์

Word by Word

• दीप्तिमन्तम्: bright, radiant
• दीप्तिमन्तम्: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दीप्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + मन्त (प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्; ‘आरार्तिकम्’/‘दीपम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• सकर्पूरम्: with camphor
• सकर्पूरम्: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (अव्यय-उपसर्गार्थ) + कर्पूर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्; अव्ययीभावः—‘कर्पूरेण सह/युक्तम्’

• करोति: does/performs
• करोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्

• आरार्तिकम्: ārati
• आरार्तिकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आरार्तिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्

• नृप: O king
• नृप: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचनम्

• कृष्णस्य: of Krishna
• कृष्णस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), एकवचनम्

• वसते: dwells
• वसते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्

• लोके: in the world/realm
• लोके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative/अधिकरण), एकवचनम्

• सप्तकल्पानि: seven kalpas
• सप्तकल्पानि: Adhikarana (Duration/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्त (संख्या) + कल्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/कालपरिमाण), बहुवचनम्; द्विगु-समासः (सप्त कल्पाः)

• मानवः: the man/person
• मानवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced); addressed listener: nṛpa (king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nṛpa (the King)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee offers a blazing camphor ārati before Kṛṣṇa in a Dvārakā shrine; the flame’s white-gold radiance illuminates the deity’s face and ornaments while conch and bells resound.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa
• Karpūra (camphor)
• Ārati (ārārtika)
• Dvārakā
• Kalpa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Offering pure, radiant worship (light with camphor) is praised as a powerful bhakti-act leading to long residence in the Lord’s realm.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, in the Dvārakā-māhātmya section of the Skanda Purāṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performing ārati using camphor (karpūra) for Kṛṣṇa as part of temple worship.