Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

सरो दृष्ट्वा जलेशस्य सरश्चक्रे धनेश्वरः । यक्षाधिपसरोनाम सुप्रसिद्धं धरातले

Transliteration

saro dṛṣṭvā jaleśasya saraścakre dhaneśvaraḥ | yakṣādhipasaronāma suprasiddhaṃ dharātale

Translation

آبوں کے رب ورُṇ کے تالاب کو دیکھ کر دھنیشور (کُبیر) نے ایک اور سرور بنایا، جو زمین پر ‘یکشادھپ سرس’ کے نام سے بہت مشہور ہے۔

Word by Word

• saraḥ: a lake
• saraḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saras (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वक्रिया (having done)

• jaleśasya: of the lord of waters
• jaleśasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jaleśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन (Masculine, Genitive, Singular); समासः जल + ईश (जलस्य ईशः)

• saraḥ: a lake
• saraḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saras (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• cakre: made/created
• cakre: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परस्मैपद), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (Perfect, 3rd person, Singular)

• dhaneśvaraḥ: the lord of wealth (Kubera)
• dhaneśvaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhaneśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular); समासः धन + ईश्वर (धनस्य ईश्वरः)

• yakṣādhipasaraḥ-nāma: named ‘Yakṣādhipa-saras’
• yakṣādhipasaraḥ-nāma: Karma (Object-apposition/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yakṣādhipa + saras + nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular); समासः यक्षानाम् अधिपः + सरः; ‘…-नाम’ = नामधेय-विशेषण (named as)

• suprasiddham: very famous
• suprasiddham: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: suprasiddha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• dharātale: on the surface of the earth
• dharātale: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharātala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन (Neuter, Locative, Singular); समासः धरायाः तलम्

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Dvārakā Māhātmya; specific speaker not explicit in this verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Yakṣādhipa-saras (and Varuṇa-saras as reference)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kubera (Dhaneśvara), radiant and jeweled, beholds Varuṇa’s serene lake; moved by its splendor, he ‘creates’ or consecrates another lake—Yakṣādhipa-saras—surrounded by yakṣas and lush aquatic flora.

Characters & Entities

• Varuṇa (Jaleśa)
• Dhaneśvara (Kubera)
• Yakṣas
• Yakṣādhipa-saras

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The tīrtha landscape is expanded by divine exemplars; sacred geography is portrayed as a gift for human upliftment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Yakṣādhipa-saras, the renowned lake created by Dhaneśvara (Kubera) at Dvārakā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite in this verse; it provides the tīrtha’s origin and name.