Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

तं हरिं जगतामीशं रुक्मिणि त्वं न वेत्सि किम् । प्राणेभ्योऽपि गरीयांसमयं देवः स एव हि

Transliteration

taṃ hariṃ jagatāmīśaṃ rukmiṇi tvaṃ na vetsi kim | prāṇebhyo'pi garīyāṃsamayaṃ devaḥ sa eva hi

Translation

Rukmiṇī, nàng chẳng nhận ra Hari—Đấng Chúa Tể của muôn thế giới—sao? Ngài còn quý hơn cả hơi thở; chính Thần Linh ấy là nơi nương tựa chân thật của nàng.

Word by Word

• tam: him
• tam: Karman (object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति; एकवचनम्

• harim: Hari
• harim: Karman (object; apposition to tam)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hari (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचनम्

• jagatāmīśam: the Lord of the worlds
• jagatāmīśam: Karman (object; apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagat (प्रातिपदिक) + īśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (जगताम् ईशः); पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचनम्

• rukmiṇi: O Rukmini
• rukmiṇi: Sambodhana (address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rukmiṇī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन विभक्ति; एकवचनम्

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; प्रथमा; एकवचनम्

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• vetsi: you know
• vetsi: Kriya (predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vid (धातु); लट्
• Form: लट् (वर्तमानकाल); मध्यमपुरुष; एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• kim: why?/what?
• kim: Sambandha (question marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kim (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् प्रश्नार्थक (interrogative particle)

• prāṇebhyaḥ: than (one’s) lives
• prāṇebhyaḥ: Apādāna (comparison point)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी विभक्ति; बहुवचनम् (ablative plural)

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

• garīyāṃsam: more weighty/dearer
• garīyāṃsam: Viśeṣaṇa (of ayam)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: garīyas (प्रातिपदिक; comparative of guru)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचनम् (comparative adjective)

• ayam: this (one)
• ayam: Karta (subject of implied ‘asti’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचनम्

• devaḥ: the Lord
• devaḥ: Karta (apposition to ayam)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचनम्

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचनम्

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphatic particle)

• hi: for, indeed
• hi: Sambandha (particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; हेत्वर्थ/निश्चयार्थ (particle: for/indeed)

Speaker

Devarṣi (divine sage) addressing Rukmiṇī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rukmiṇī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A consoling address to Rukmiṇī: Hari as cosmic Lord is invoked as the dearest refuge, with Dvārakā’s sacred ambience suggested—palace courtyards, sea-breeze, and devotional stillness.

Characters & Entities

• Hari
• Jagadīśa
• Rukmiṇī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Cultivate unwavering recognition of Hari as the supreme Lord and the dearest refuge beyond all worldly attachments.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, as the setting of Hari-Rukmiṇī remembrance and devotion within the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the implied practice is bhakti through recognition (jñāna) and remembrance (smaraṇa).