Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 21

Devanagari script

तत्र विष्णुः स्वयं चक्रे निवासं सलिले तदा । वरप्रदानात्स्नेहेन भार्यायाः प्रगुणीकृतम्

Transliteration

tatra viṣṇuḥ svayaṃ cakre nivāsaṃ salile tadā | varapradānātsnehena bhāryāyāḥ praguṇīkṛtam

Translation

ณ ที่นั้น พระวิษณุทรงประทับเองในสายน้ำในกาลนั้น ด้วยการประทานพร และด้วยความรักต่อพระชายา จึงทรงจัดให้เป็นที่ประเสริฐงดงาม

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• विष्णुः: Viṣṇu
• विष्णुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• स्वयम्: himself
• स्वयम्: Karta (Agent-emphasis/कर्ता)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: स्वतन्त्रकर्तृवाचक-अव्यय (emphatic adverb)

• चक्रे: made/established
• चक्रे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• निवासम्: a dwelling/residence
• निवासम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निवास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• सलिले: in the water
• सलिले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सलिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• वरप्रदानात्: because of granting a boon
• वरप्रदानात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर-प्रदान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; समासः—वरस्य प्रदानम् इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः

• स्नेहेन: with affection
• स्नेहेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नेह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• भार्यायाः: of (his) wife
• भार्यायाः: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• प्रगुणीकृतम्: made excellent/fully prepared
• प्रगुणीकृतम्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-गुणी-कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि—‘made excellent/fully endowed’; (निवासम् इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)

Speaker

Brahmā (deduced: Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa dialogic style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rukmiṇīkuṇḍa

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: muniśreṣṭha (addressed sage)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous pond whose surface subtly reveals Viṣṇu’s presence—either as a faint form within the waters or as śaṅkha-cakra light patterns; Rukmiṇī stands nearby, the scene emphasizing affectionate divine arrangement and boon-granting.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Rukmiṇī (implied as consort in context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The tīrtha is powerful because the Lord’s presence sanctifies it; devotion and divine grace turn water into a boon-bestowing refuge.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Rukmiṇī-kuṇḍa (the pond), described as a place where Viṣṇu abides in the waters.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct rite here; it provides the theological basis (Viṣṇu’s residence and boon) for later practices like snāna and pūjā.