Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

केन कार्यवशेनेह संप्राप्ता वरुणालयम् । सर्वं भागवतश्रेष्ठ ह्येतद्विस्तरतो वद

Transliteration

kena kāryavaśeneha saṃprāptā varuṇālayam | sarvaṃ bhāgavataśreṣṭha hyetadvistarato vada

Translation

นางมาถึงที่นี่ ณ สถานสถิตของพระวรุณะ ด้วยเหตุแห่งกิจใด? โอ ภาควตผู้ประเสริฐ โปรดกล่าวเรื่องทั้งหมดนี้โดยพิสดารแก่เรา

Word by Word

• केन: by what? / by whom?
• केन: Karana (Instrument/Cause/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन, प्रश्नवाचक

• कार्यवशेन: due to compulsion of a task
• कार्यवशेन: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्य + वश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; हेतुवाचक (as cause)

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक (adverb)

• संप्राप्ता: arrived
• संप्राप्ता: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + प्र + आप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past Passive Participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• वरुणालयम्: Varuṇa's abode
• वरुणालयम्: Karma (Goal/Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरुण + आलय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• भागवतश्रेष्ठ: O best of devotees
• भागवतश्रेष्ठ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भागवत + श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (Vocative), एकवचन

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निपात (particle; emphasis)

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• विस्तरतः: in detail
• विस्तरतः: Prakara (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विस्तरतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: in detail)

• वद: tell
• वद: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वद् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन

Speaker

Ṛṣis (sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gomātī at Varuṇālaya (Dvārakā coast)

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Prahlāda (addressed as Bhāgavata-śreṣṭha)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sages ask Prahlāda why Gomātī came to Varuṇa’s abode; the background shows the river meeting the sea, with waves and coastal shrines.

Characters & Entities

• Varuṇa
• Prahlāda
• Gomātī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred geography is understood through itihāsa-like causality—knowing the ‘why’ deepens reverence for the tīrtha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā’s coastal sacred sphere (Varuṇa’s abode) where Gomātī meets the sea.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it requests a detailed kathā (sacred account), which functions as māhātmya-śravaṇa.