Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

मित्रविन्दां च कालिन्दीं भद्रां नाग्नजितीं तथा । अष्टमीं लक्ष्मणां तत्र पूजयेत्कृष्णवल्लभाः

Transliteration

mitravindāṃ ca kālindīṃ bhadrāṃ nāgnajitīṃ tathā | aṣṭamīṃ lakṣmaṇāṃ tatra pūjayetkṛṣṇavallabhāḥ

Translation

اور متروندہ، کالِندی، بھدرا اور ناگنجِتی کی بھی پوجا کرے؛ اور وہاں لکشمنہ کو آٹھویں کے طور پر پوجے—یہ سب کرشن کی محبوبہ بیویاں ہیں۔

Word by Word

• मित्रविन्दाम्: Mitravindā
• मित्रविन्दाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मित्रविन्दा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

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

• कालिन्दीम्: Kālindī
• कालिन्दीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कालिन्दी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• भद्राम्: Bhadrā
• भद्राम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भद्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• नाग्नजितीम्: Nāgnajitī
• नाग्नजितीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाग्नजिती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• तथा: also
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक/प्रकारवाचक (also/likewise)

• अष्टमीम्: Aṣṭamī (the eighth one)
• अष्टमीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अष्टमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• लक्ष्मणाम्: Lakṣmaṇā
• लक्ष्मणाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष्मणा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

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

• पूजयेत्: should worship
• पूजयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• कृष्णवल्लभाः: (those) beloved of Kṛṣṇa (his wives)
• कृष्णवल्लभाः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण-वल्लभा (प्रातिपदिक; कृष्ण + वल्लभा)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (कृष्णस्य वल्लभाः)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from continuing ritual enumeration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā pīṭha of Kṛṣṇa-vallabhāḥ (Aṣṭa-bhāryāḥ)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The remaining queens appear in a balanced composition, completing eight: Mitravindā, Kāḷindī (Yamunā-associated), Bhadrā, Nāgnajitī, and Lakṣmaṇā as the eighth; offerings are placed as the worshipper completes the circuit and final salutations.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa
• Mitravindā
• Kālindī
• Bhadrā
• Nāgnajitī
• Lakṣmaṇā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The māhātmya frames Dvārakā as a complete sacred realm where divine relationships and auspicious feminine powers are ritually honored.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, with a pīṭha-centered worship that includes Kṛṣṇa’s aṣṭa-mahīṣīs (eight principal queens).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship of the remaining queens—Mitravindā, Kālindī, Bhadrā, Nāgnajitī, and Lakṣmaṇā as the eighth.