Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

भुक्त्वा भोगान्सुविपुलांस्तथा कामान्मनोहरान् । संपूज्यमानस्त्रिदशैर्याति विष्ण्वालयं नरः

Transliteration

bhuktvā bhogānsuvipulāṃstathā kāmānmanoharān | saṃpūjyamānastridaśairyāti viṣṇvālayaṃ naraḥ

Translation

بہت فراواں لذتیں اور دلکش مرادیں بھوگ کر، اور دیوتاؤں کے ہاتھوں معزز ہو کر، انسان وِشنو کے دھام کو پہنچتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• भुक्त्वा: having enjoyed
• भुक्त्वा: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), अव्ययभावः; ‘having enjoyed/eaten’

• भोगान्: enjoyments
• भोगान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• सु-विपुलान्: very abundant
• सु-विपुलान्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + विपुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; विशेषणम्; ‘सु’ उपसर्गवत् उपपद-प्रयोगः (very)

• तथा: and likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषणम् (likewise/also)

• कामान्: desires/pleasures
• कामान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• मनोहरान्: delightful
• मनोहरान्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मनोहर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; विशेषणम्

• संपूज्यमानः: being honored
• संपूज्यमानः: Karta (Subject attribute/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + पूज् (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले कर्मणि कृदन्तः (Present passive participle/शानच्), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘being worshipped/honored’

• त्रिदशैः: by the gods (thirty deities)
• त्रिदशैः: Karana (Agent-instrument in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिदश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• याति: goes
• याति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• विष्णु-आलयम्: to Vishnu’s abode
• विष्णु-आलयम्: Karma (Goal/Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक) + आलय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (विष्णोः आलयः)

• नरः: the man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Dvārakā Māhātmya discourse context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā-kṣetra (with Gomātī context)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage-audience within the Dvārakā-māhātmya frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee, radiant after pilgrimage rites, is welcomed by devas in a celestial corridor leading to Viṣṇu’s abode; Vaikuṇṭha-like architecture with lotus motifs and gentle light.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Tridaśa (Devas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worldly enjoyments are transient, yet righteous merit connected to sacred devotion culminates in attaining Viṣṇu’s abode.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader Dvārakā Māhātmya setting in Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa; the surrounding verses focus on the Gomātī confluence at Dvārakā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is stated in this verse; it functions as a phalaśruti (benefit statement) of sacred merit.