Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 93

Devanagari script

इन्द्रद्युम्न तदाख्यातं माहात्म्यं द्वारकाभवम् । पुनरेव् प्रवक्ष्यामि यत्ते मनसि वर्त्तते

Transliteration

indradyumna tadākhyātaṃ māhātmyaṃ dvārakābhavam | punarev pravakṣyāmi yatte manasi varttate

Translation

โอ้ อินทรทยุมนะ มหิมาอันศักดิ์สิทธิ์แห่งทวารกาได้อธิบายแล้ว; กระนั้นเราจักกล่าวซ้ำอีก ตามสิ่งใดก็ตามที่ยังคงอยู่ในใจของท่าน

Word by Word

• इन्द्रद्युम्न: O Indradyumna
• इन्द्रद्युम्न: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्रद्युम्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘आख्यातम्’ इति सह (that has been told)

• आख्यातम्: has been narrated
• आख्यातम्: Kriya (Predicative participle/कृदन्त)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + ख्या (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगार्थं (told/declared)

• माहात्म्यम्: the greatness/glory
• माहात्म्यम्: Apposition (समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘तत्’ इति समानाधिकरण

• द्वारकाभवम्: arising from/pertaining to Dvārakā
• द्वारकाभवम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वारकाभव (प्रातिपदिक; द्वारका + भव)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘द्वारकायाः भवम्’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष; ‘माहात्म्यम्’ इति विशेषण

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Avyaya (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (again)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Avyaya (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण-निपात (indeed/only)

• प्रवक्ष्यामि: I will explain
• प्रवक्ष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + वच् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• यत्: what/that which
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-प्रत्यय (relative ‘which/what’)

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (enclitic); ‘तव’

• मनसि: in (your) mind
• मनसि: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• वर्तते: exists/abides
• वर्तते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृत् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (deduced from immediate continuation into Adhyāya 25 where Mārkaṇḍeya speaks)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Indradyumna

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage addresses King Indradyumna, concluding the praise of Dvārakā and inviting further questions; a calm hermitage or courtly assembly setting.

Characters & Entities

• Indradyumna
• Dvārakā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred teachings on a tīrtha should be heard repeatedly with attention; sincere curiosity is honored and clarified by the sage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, the Vaiṣṇava sacred city associated with Śrī Kṛṣṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed here; it emphasizes continued listening/receiving the māhātmya.