Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

अथाजगाम तत्रैव भगवान्देवकीसुतः । श्रुत्वा समागतान्पार्थान्द्वारावत्याः सबांधवः

Transliteration

athājagāma tatraiva bhagavāndevakīsutaḥ | śrutvā samāgatānpārthāndvārāvatyāḥ sabāṃdhavaḥ

Translation

پھر بھگوان، دیوکی کے فرزند، وہیں تشریف لائے۔ جب انہوں نے سنا کہ پانڈو کے بیٹے آ پہنچے ہیں تو وہ دواراوَتی سے اپنے رشتہ داروں سمیت آ گئے۔

Word by Word

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक अव्यय (particle: then/now)

• ājagāma: came
• ājagāma: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā√gam (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/परिपूर्णभूत) = Perfect; प्रथमपुरुषः एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb of place)

• eva: indeed, right there
• eva: Avadharana (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphasis)

• bhagavān: the Lord
• bhagavān: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम्

• devakī-sutaḥ: Devaki’s son
• devakī-sutaḥ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devakī (प्रातिपदिक) + suta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (देवक्याः सुतः); पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम्; भिन्नपदेन विशेषणवत् (appositional)

• śrutvā: having heard
• śrutvā: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √śru (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund) = having heard

• samāgatān: assembled, arrived
• samāgatān: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-ā-√gam (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त); पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम् (qualifying pārthān)

• pārthān: the sons of Pritha (Pandavas)
• pārthān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pārtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया बहुवचनम्

• dvārāvatyāḥ: of Dvaravati
• dvārāvatyāḥ: Sambandha (Relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvārāvatī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे षष्ठी एकवचनम् (Genitive Singular)

• sa-bāndhavaḥ: together with (his) relatives
• sa-bāndhavaḥ: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa (अव्यय/उपसर्गवत्) + bāndhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावसमासः (बान्धवैः सह); पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (qualifying bhagavān/devakīsutaḥ)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (meeting-place of Pāṇḍavas and Kṛṣṇa)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kṛṣṇa, radiant and calm, arrives at Prabhāsa from Dvārakā with his kinsmen after hearing of the Pāṇḍavas’ presence; the meeting is charged with devotion and destiny.

Characters & Entities

• Bhagavān Kṛṣṇa (Devakīsuta)
• Pārthas (Pāṇḍavas)
• Dvāravatī (Dvārakā)
• Yādavas (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy places become meeting-points of dharma: the tīrtha gathers the righteous and strengthens bonds of protection, counsel, and duty.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, depicted as a significant spiritual destination even for Kṛṣṇa and the Yādavas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse frames the tīrtha narrative by introducing Kṛṣṇa’s arrival with his family.