Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 23

Devanagari script

ततः सर्वेऽभिनन्द्यैनं प्रह्लादं दैत्यपुङ्गवम् । उद्युक्ता द्वारकां गत्वा द्रष्टुं कृष्णमुखाम्बुजम्

Transliteration

tataḥ sarve'bhinandyainaṃ prahlādaṃ daityapuṅgavam | udyuktā dvārakāṃ gatvā draṣṭuṃ kṛṣṇamukhāmbujam

Translation

แล้วทั้งหมดต่างสรรเสริญพระหลาด ผู้เลิศในหมู่ไทตยะ และออกเดินทางไปยังทวารกา ด้วยมุ่งหมายจะได้เฝ้าชมพระพักตร์ดุจดอกบัวของพระกฤษณะ

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = 'ततः/then, thereafter'

• सर्वे: all (of them)
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; सर्व-शब्दः (सर्वे = all [persons])

• अभिनन्द्य: having praised / having greeted
• अभिनन्द्य: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-नन्द् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), परस्मैपदी; 'having congratulated/hailed'

• एनम्: him
• एनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (enam = him)

• प्रह्लादम्: Prahlāda
• प्रह्लादम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रह्लाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; व्यक्तिनाम

• दैत्यपुङ्गवम्: the foremost among the Daityas
• दैत्यपुङ्गवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य + पुङ्गव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (दैत्यानां पुङ्गवः)

• उद्युक्ताः: ready, intent
• उद्युक्ताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उद्-युक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle) 'उद्युक्त' = ready/engaged; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; सर्वे इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• द्वारकाम्: Dvārakā
• द्वारकाम्: Karma (Goal as object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वारका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; नगरनाम

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund) 'having gone'

• द्रष्टुम्: to see
• द्रष्टुम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive) = 'to see'

• कृष्णमुखाम्बुजम्: Kṛṣṇa’s lotus-like face
• कृष्णमुखाम्बुजम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण + मुख + अम्बुज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (कृष्णस्य मुखम् = तस्य अम्बुजम्)

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis (primary audience of Sūta’s narration)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sages and Bali, after praising Prahlāda, begin their journey—walking with staffs and waterpots, Bali with a small retinue; in the distance, Dvārakā’s spires and the sea shimmer; a visionary inset shows Kṛṣṇa’s lotus-face.

Characters & Entities

• Prahlāda
• Dvārakā
• Kṛṣṇa
• Daityas
• Ṛṣis

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Hearing sacred praise should culminate in practice—pilgrimage and darśana—turning inspiration into lived devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, approached as the place of Kṛṣṇa’s darśana.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The implied prescription is tīrtha-yātrā (pilgrimage) for the sake of darśana of Kṛṣṇa.