Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

श्रीकृष्ण उवाच । यदि प्रसन्नो भगवांस्तदागच्छस्व मे गृहम् । शिरसा धार्य्य पादांबु प्रयास्यामि पवित्रताम्

Transliteration

śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca | yadi prasanno bhagavāṃstadāgacchasva me gṛham | śirasā dhāryya pādāṃbu prayāsyāmi pavitratām

Translation

圣克里希纳说道：“若尊者心生欢喜，便请到我家来。我将把洗净尊足之水顶戴于首，由此得获清净。”

Word by Word

• श्रीकृष्ण: Śrī Kṛṣṇa
• श्रीकृष्ण: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीकृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः श्री+कृष्ण (उपाधि+नाम)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तबोधक-अव्यय (conditional particle)

• प्रसन्नः: pleased
• प्रसन्नः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रसन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणं ‘भगवान्’

• भगवान्: O venerable one / Lord
• भगवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; संबोधनार्थे आदरवाचकः

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• आगच्छस्व: come
• आगच्छस्व: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ+गम् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

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

• गृहम्: house, home
• गृहम्: Karma (Goal/Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; गन्तव्यकर्म

• शिरसा: with (my) head
• शिरसा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• धार्य्य: having borne/placed (on the head)
• धार्य्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: धृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययीभावार्थकं (gerund/absolutive) ‘धार्य’ = धृत्वा; क्रियाविशेषण

• पादाम्बु: foot-water (water from the feet)
• पादाम्बु: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाद (प्रातिपदिक) + अम्बु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पादस्य अम्बु)

• प्रयास्यामि: I shall attain/obtain
• प्रयास्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र+या (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• पवित्रताम्: purity
• पवित्रताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पवित्रता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Śrī Kṛṣṇa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Durvāsā

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kṛṣṇa invites Durvāsā into his home; a golden water vessel is brought. Kṛṣṇa bows, receiving the sage’s foot-water, lifting it to his head with reverent composure; Durvāsā stands blessing.

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Kṛṣṇa
• Durvāsā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Reverence to saints purifies the heart; humility before the holy is portrayed as a royal and divine virtue.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā is implied as the sacred setting where such saintly hospitality becomes meritorious.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pādodaka—honoring and bearing the water from a revered person’s feet as a means of purification.