Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

वसुदेवगृहे राजन्हरिराविर्भविष्यति । तस्य संस्पर्शनादेव शापमुक्तिर्भविष्यति

Transliteration

vasudevagṛhe rājanharirāvirbhaviṣyati | tasya saṃsparśanādeva śāpamuktirbhaviṣyati

Translation

“Tâu đại vương, Hari sẽ hiển hiện trong nhà của Vasudeva. Chỉ cần chạm đến Ngài thôi, sự giải thoát khỏi lời nguyền sẽ thành tựu.”

Word by Word

• वसुदेवगृहे: in the house of Vasudeva
• वसुदेवगृहे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसुदेव-गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (वसुदेवस्य गृहं)

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• हरिः: Hari (Vishnu/Krishna)
• हरिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• आविर्भविष्यति: will manifest/appear
• आविर्भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आविर्भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तस्य: of him/of that
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• संस्पर्शनात्: from (his) touch/contact
• संस्पर्शनात्: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संस्पर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Avyaya (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• शापमुक्तिः: release from the curse
• शापमुक्तिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाप-मुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (शापस्य मुक्तिः)

• भविष्यति: will be/will occur
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Two brāhmaṇas

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mathurā (Vasudeva-gṛha) / Dvārakā narrative frame

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The brāhmaṇas declare: ‘Hari will manifest in Vasudeva’s house; by mere touch, your curse will end.’ The scene blends prophecy with a flash of imagined divine presence—an unseen Kṛṣṇa as the promised liberator.

Characters & Entities

• Vasudeva
• Hari (Śrī Kṛṣṇa)
• Nṛga
• curse (śāpa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Lord’s grace is supremely purifying; even a single contact with Hari can dissolve heavy karmic bondage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Dvārakā Māhātmya glorifies the Lord’s presence connected with Dvārakā’s Vaiṣṇava sacred history.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No formal ritual; the remedy is darśana/saṃsparśa—divine contact with Hari as the curse-ending means.