Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

वज्रनाभः सुनाभश्च वज्रबाहुर्महा हनुः । वज्रदंष्ट्रो वज्रधारी वज्रहा वज्रलोचनः

Transliteration

vajranābhaḥ sunābhaśca vajrabāhurmahā hanuḥ | vajradaṃṣṭro vajradhārī vajrahā vajralocanaḥ

Translation

（他们是：）金刚脐（Vajranābha）、善脐（Sunābha）、金刚臂（Vajrabāhu）、大颚（Mahāhanu）、金刚牙（Vajradaṁṣṭra）、持金刚者（Vajradhārī）、碎金刚者（Vajrahā）与金刚眼（Vajralocana）。

Word by Word

• vajranābhaḥ: Vajranābha (name)
• vajranābhaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vajra-nābha (प्रातिपदिक; वज्र + नाभ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• sunābhaḥ: Sunābha (name)
• sunābhaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: su-nābha (प्रातिपदिक; सु + नाभ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-निपात (conjunction)

• vajrabāhuḥ: Vajrabāhu (name)
• vajrabāhuḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vajra-bāhu (प्रातिपदिक; वज्र + बाहु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• mahāhanuḥ: Mahāhanu (name)
• mahāhanuḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā-hanu (प्रातिपदिक; महा + हनु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• vajradaṃṣṭraḥ: Vajradaṃṣṭra (name)
• vajradaṃṣṭraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vajra-daṃṣṭra (प्रातिपदिक; वज्र + दंष्ट्रा)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• vajradhārī: Vajradhārī (name)
• vajradhārī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vajra-dhārin (प्रातिपदिक; वज्र + धारिन्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• vajrahā: Vajrahā (name)
• vajrahā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vajra-han (प्रातिपदिक; वज्र + हन्/हा)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• vajralocanaḥ: Vajralocana (name)
• vajralocanaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vajra-locana (प्रातिपदिक; वज्र + लोचन)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Śrī Prahlāda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A roll-call of formidable attendants with ‘vajra’ attributes—each imagined as a guardian-warrior stationed in Dvārakā’s protective ring.

Characters & Entities

• Prahlāda
• Vajranābha
• Sunābha
• Vajrabāhu
• Mahāhanu
• Vajradaṁṣṭra
• Vajradhārī
• Vajrahā
• Vajralocana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The holy city’s protection is not abstract—it is embodied in specific divine attendants whose remembrance reinforces sacred vigilance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, through the enumeration of its protective attendants associated with the eastern-gate guardian tradition.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, these attendants are to be known/remembered as part of the prescribed worship sequence introduced in the surrounding verses.