Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 54

Devanagari script

आश्वास्य च प्रियामेवं ब्राह्मणं यदुनन्दनः । ततः प्रसादयामास दुर्वाससमकल्मषम्

Transliteration

āśvāsya ca priyāmevaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ yadunandanaḥ | tataḥ prasādayāmāsa durvāsasamakalmaṣam

Translation

یوں اپنی محبوبہ کو تسلی دے کر، یدونندن شری کرشن نے پھر بے عیب رشی برہمن دُروَاسا کو راضی کرنے کی کوشش کی۔

Word by Word

• आश्वास्य: having consoled
• आश्वास्य: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial to main verb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-श्वस् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), 'आश्वास्य' = सान्त्वयित्वा (having consoled)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction)

• प्रियाम्: (his) beloved/wife
• प्रियाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रिया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-viseshana (Adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: thus)

• ब्राह्मणम्: the Brahmin
• ब्राह्मणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• यदुनन्दनः: the delight of the Yadus (Krishna)
• यदुनन्दनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यदु + नन्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (यदूनां नन्दनः)

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: Kriya-viseshana (Adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण (thereafter/from then)

• प्रसादयामास: pleased/propitiated
• प्रसादयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√सद् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative sense: 'made pleased')

• दुर्वाससम्: Durvāsas
• दुर्वाससम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्वासस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• अकल्मषम्: sinless, spotless
• अकल्मषम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ + कल्मष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; नञ्-समास/उपसर्गार्थ (stainless, sinless) विशेषणम् दुर्वाससम्

Speaker

Narrator (contextual purāṇic narrator within Dvārakā Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kṛṣṇa, after consoling His beloved, turns with composed humility to pacify Durvāsā—an austere sage radiating fiery tapas—offering reverence to dissolve the tension.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa (Yadunandana)
• Durvāsā
• Brāhmaṇa
• Devī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even the Supreme models dharma: pacifying a sage through humility and service restores harmony.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, where righteous conduct toward sages is portrayed as part of the site’s sacred culture.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Propitiation of a brāhmaṇa-sage through respectful service (satkāra) is implied.