Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

मित्रावरुणपुत्राय वसिष्ठाय समर्पिता । तेनापि मम तुष्टेन द्वारकायां निवेदिता

Transliteration

mitrāvaruṇaputrāya vasiṣṭhāya samarpitā | tenāpi mama tuṣṭena dvārakāyāṃ niveditā

Translation

สิ่งนี้ได้ถวายแด่พระวสิษฐะ ผู้เป็นโอรสแห่งมิตรและวรุณ; และท่านเอง—เมื่อพอใจในข้าพเจ้า—ก็น้อมถวายไว้ ณ ทวารกา

Word by Word

• मित्रावरुणपुत्राय: to the son of Mitra and Varuṇa
• मित्रावरुणपुत्राय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मित्र + वरुण + पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (मित्रावरुणयोः पुत्रः)

• वसिष्ठाय: to Vasiṣṭha
• वसिष्ठाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसिष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• समर्पिता: (was) offered/dedicated
• समर्पिता: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + अर्प् (धातु) → समर्पित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृदन्तः—क्त (past passive participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘समर्पिता (अभूत्)’

• तेन: by him/thereby
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle)

• मम: of me/my
• मम: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• तुष्टेन: being pleased/satisfied
• तुष्टेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुष्ट (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त-विशेषण)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (तेन सह)

• द्वारकायाम्: in Dvārakā
• द्वारकायाम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वारका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• निवेदिता: (was) presented/reported
• निवेदिता: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + वेद् (धातु) → निवेदित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृदन्तः—क्त (past passive participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘निवेदिता (अभूत्)’

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (deduced from immediate context of the adhyāya dialogue)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A solemn gifting scene: the recovered icon is respectfully presented to sage Vasiṣṭha; later, Vasiṣṭha—pleased—offers it onward at Dvārakā, suggesting a sanctified transfer rather than possession.

Characters & Entities

• Vasiṣṭha
• Mitra
• Varuṇa
• Dvārakā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred stewardship passes through righteous hands; offering holy objects to the divine and to tīrthas is itself a meritorious act.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā is mentioned as a key station in the image’s journey, within the broader glorification of Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, nivedana (dedicatory offering) of a sacred object; no detailed procedure is given.