Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 56

Devanagari script

तस्मिंस्तुष्टे जगन्नाथस्तुष्टो भवति नान्यथा

Transliteration

tasmiṃstuṣṭe jagannāthastuṣṭo bhavati nānyathā

Translation

جب وہ راضی ہوتا ہے تو جگن ناتھ بھی راضی ہوتے ہیں—اس کے سوا کوئی اور طریقہ نہیں۔

Word by Word

• तस्मिन्: in/with him
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे/नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (Locative/7th), एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम

• तुष्टे: when (he is) pleased
• तुष्टे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √तुष्)
• Form: सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (Locative/7th), एकवचनम्; भूतकृदन्तः (Past passive participle)

• जगन्नाथः: Lord of the world
• जगन्नाथः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् + नाथ (प्रातिपदिकानि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (जगतः नाथः)

• तुष्टः: pleased
• तुष्टः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √तुष्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), एकवचनम्; भूतकृदन्तः (Past passive participle)

• भवति: becomes/is
• भवति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (Present), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd), एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निषेध/particle of negation)

• अन्यथा: otherwise
• अन्यथा: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (प्रकारवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण/adverb of manner)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Dvārakā-māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇas (continuing address)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotional maxim visualized: Vighneśa pleased with offerings; behind/above, Jagannātha/Kṛṣṇa radiates approval—showing the chain of grace from obstacle-remover to the Lord of the world.

Characters & Entities

• Gaṇanātha (implied)
• Jagannātha (Lord of the World)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion follows sacred order: by satisfying the remover of obstacles, one gains the Lord’s favor and success in dharmic aims.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, where devotional protocol is framed as a pathway to the Lord of the universe’s grace.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

An implied rule of practice: first satisfy the vighna-nāśaka; thereby the Supreme Lord is pleased.