Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

किं यज्ञैर्बहुभिस्तस्य संपूर्णवरदक्षिणैः । येन दृष्टा जगन्माता रुक्मिणी कृष्णवल्लभा

Transliteration

kiṃ yajñairbahubhistasya saṃpūrṇavaradakṣiṇaiḥ | yena dṛṣṭā jaganmātā rukmiṇī kṛṣṇavallabhā

Translation

جس نے جگد ماتا رُکمِنی—کرشن کی محبوبہ—کے درشن کر لیے، اسے پھر بہت سے یَجْنوں کی کیا حاجت، چاہے وہ عمدہ اور مکمل دَکشِنا کے ساتھ ہی کیوں نہ ہوں؟

Word by Word

• किम्: what (use)
• किम्: Prayojana/Prashna (Interrogative object/what use?)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक सर्वनाम (interrogative pronoun)

• यज्ञैः: by sacrifices
• यज्ञैः: Karana (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन (instrumental plural)

• बहुभिः: many
• बहुभिः: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying यज्ञैः)

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/related to him)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन (genitive singular)

• संपूर्णवरदक्षिणैः: with complete and excellent sacrificial fees
• संपूर्णवरदक्षिणैः: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संपूर्ण-वर-दक्षिणा (प्रातिपदिक; संपूर्ण + वर + दक्षिणा)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying यज्ञैः); समासः—तत्पुरुष (दक्षिणाः वराः संपूर्णाः यस्मिन्/येषु)

• येन: by whom
• येन: Karana (Instrument/agent in passive sense: by whom)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• दृष्टा: (was) seen
• दृष्टा: Karma (Object in passive; subject of participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘seen’

• जगन्माता: the Mother of the world
• जगन्माता: Karta (Subject of passive participle)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् + माता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (जगतः माता)

• रुक्मिणी: Rukmiṇī
• रुक्मिणी: Apposition (to जगन्माता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुक्मिणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; व्यक्तिवाचक (proper noun)

• कृष्णवल्लभा: beloved of Kṛṣṇa
• कृष्णवल्लभा: Visheshana (Qualifier/appositive)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृष्ण + वल्लभा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (कृष्णस्य वल्लभा)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced: Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa narration style in Māhātmya context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rukmiṇī-darśana in Dvārakā

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On one side, a grand yajña-śālā with priests and heaps of dakṣiṇā; on the other, the radiant shrine of Rukmiṇī—yet the devotee walks toward her darśana, indicating the verse’s hierarchy of values.

Characters & Entities

• Rukmiṇī
• Kṛṣṇa
• Yajña

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage-darśana rooted in bhakti is celebrated as a supreme purifier, even beyond elaborate sacrificial merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā/Dvāravatī, through the praise of Rukmiṇī’s darśana.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Sacrifices (yajña) with dakṣiṇā are mentioned as a comparison; no new yajña is prescribed.