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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

श्रीप्रह्लाद उवाच । शृणुध्वं द्विजशार्दूला यथावत्कथयामि वः । स्नापयित्वा जगन्नाथं तथा गंधैर्विलिप्य च । पूजयित्वा तुलस्या तु भूषयित्वा च भूषणैः

Transliteration

śrīprahlāda uvāca | śṛṇudhvaṃ dvijaśārdūlā yathāvatkathayāmi vaḥ | snāpayitvā jagannāthaṃ tathā gaṃdhairvilipya ca | pūjayitvā tulasyā tu bhūṣayitvā ca bhūṣaṇaiḥ

Translation

شری پرہلاد نے کہا: اے برہمنوں کے شیروں، سنو؛ میں تمہیں ٹھیک ٹھیک بیان کرتا ہوں۔ جگن ناتھ کو اسنان کرا کے، خوشبودار لیپ لگا کر؛ تُلسی سے پوجا کر کے اور زیورات سے آراستہ کر کے…

Word by Word
श्रीप्रह्लादःŚrī Prahlāda
श्रीप्रह्लादः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootश्री + प्रह्लाद (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; वक्ता
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन
शृणुध्वंlisten (all of you)
शृणुध्वं:
Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु (धातु)
Formलोट्-लकार (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), बहुवचन
द्विजशार्दूलाःO tigers among the twice-born (brāhmaṇas)
द्विजशार्दूलाः:
Sambodhana (Vocative)
TypeNoun
Rootद्विज + शार्दूल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः (द्विजाः शार्दूलाः इव)
यथावत्properly
यथावत्:
Sambandha (Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथावत् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: properly/as prescribed)
कथयामिI tell
कथयामि:
Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकथय् (धातु, णिच्)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन
वःto you
वः:
Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी/चतुर्थी (6th/4th), बहुवचन; एन्क्लिटिक रूप; ‘to you/for you’
स्नापयित्वाhaving bathed (him)
स्नापयित्वा:
Kriya (Gerundial/पूर्वक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootस्ना (धातु, णिच्)
Formक्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त; causative gerund: ‘having bathed (made to bathe)’
जगन्नाथंJagannātha (Lord of the world)
जगन्नाथं:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootजगत् + नाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (जगतः नाथः)
तथाlikewise
तथा:
Sambandha (Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, समुच्चय/अनुक्रमसूचक (adverb: likewise/then)
गन्धैःwith fragrances (sandal paste etc.)
गन्धैः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootगन्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन
विलिप्यhaving anointed
विलिप्य:
Kriya (Gerundial/पूर्वक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवि + लिप् (धातु)
Formक्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), ‘having anointed/smeared’
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)
पूजयित्वाhaving worshipped
पूजयित्वा:
Kriya (Gerundial/पूर्वक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootपूज् (धातु)
Formक्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), ‘having worshipped’
तुलस्याःof Tulasi
तुलस्याः:
Sambandha (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootतुलसी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; (तुलस्याः = of Tulasi / Tulasi’s)
तुindeed
तु:
Sambandha (Particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formविरोध/विशेषार्थक-निपात (particle: but/indeed)
भूषयित्वाhaving adorned
भूषयित्वा:
Kriya (Gerundial/पूर्वक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootभूष् (धातु, णिच्)
Formक्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त; causative gerund: ‘having adorned’
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)
भूषणैःwith ornaments
भूषणैः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootभूषण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन
Speaker

Prahlāda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā (Gomati-tīra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvija-śārdūlas (eminent brāhmaṇas)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Prahlāda instructs a circle of brāhmaṇas; in the foreground a deity of Jagannātha/Puṇḍarīkākṣa is being bathed, anointed with sandal paste, offered tulasī, and adorned with ornaments; Gomati river glimmers nearby.

Characters & Entities
P
Prahlāda
J
Jagannātha
T
Tulasī

FAQs

Devotion becomes concrete through careful, loving service—bathing, anointing, and adorning the Lord with sanctified offerings.

The broader Dvārakā Māhātmya context continues; this verse itself emphasizes worship-vidhi rather than naming a new tīrtha.

Snāna of Jagannātha, anointing with fragrances, worship with Tulasī, and adorning with ornaments.

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