Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

मित्रावरुणपुत्राय वसिष्ठाय समर्पिता । तेनापि मम तुष्टेन द्वारकायां निवेदिता

Transliteration

mitrāvaruṇaputrāya vasiṣṭhāya samarpitā | tenāpi mama tuṣṭena dvārakāyāṃ niveditā

Translation

یہ متر اور ورُن کے بیٹے وِسِشٹھ کو پیش کی گئی؛ اور انہوں نے بھی—مجھ سے خوش ہو کر—اسے دوارکا میں نذر کیا۔

Word by Word

• मित्रावरुणपुत्राय: to the son of Mitra and Varuṇa
• मित्रावरुणपुत्राय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मित्र + वरुण + पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (मित्रावरुणयोः पुत्रः)

• वसिष्ठाय: to Vasiṣṭha
• वसिष्ठाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसिष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• समर्पिता: (was) offered/dedicated
• समर्पिता: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + अर्प् (धातु) → समर्पित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृदन्तः—क्त (past passive participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘समर्पिता (अभूत्)’

• तेन: by him/thereby
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle)

• मम: of me/my
• मम: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• तुष्टेन: being pleased/satisfied
• तुष्टेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुष्ट (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त-विशेषण)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (तेन सह)

• द्वारकायाम्: in Dvārakā
• द्वारकायाम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वारका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• निवेदिता: (was) presented/reported
• निवेदिता: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + वेद् (धातु) → निवेदित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृदन्तः—क्त (past passive participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘निवेदिता (अभूत्)’

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (deduced from immediate context of the adhyāya dialogue)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A solemn gifting scene: the recovered icon is respectfully presented to sage Vasiṣṭha; later, Vasiṣṭha—pleased—offers it onward at Dvārakā, suggesting a sanctified transfer rather than possession.

Characters & Entities

• Vasiṣṭha
• Mitra
• Varuṇa
• Dvārakā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred stewardship passes through righteous hands; offering holy objects to the divine and to tīrthas is itself a meritorious act.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā is mentioned as a key station in the image’s journey, within the broader glorification of Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, nivedana (dedicatory offering) of a sacred object; no detailed procedure is given.