Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

तेषां फलं महाराज रुद्राश्च वासवादयः

Transliteration

teṣāṃ phalaṃ mahārāja rudrāśca vāsavādayaḥ

Translation

大王啊，即便是诸鲁陀罗与诸因陀罗等天神，也只能略知此等礼拜之果报的一部分。

Word by Word

• teṣām: of them
• teṣām: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• phalam: fruit/result
• phalam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति (Nominative/Accusative 1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• mahārāja: O great king
• mahārāja: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā-rāja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• rudrāḥ: Rudras
• rudrāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rudra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• vāsava-ādayaḥ: Vāsava (Indra) and others
• vāsava-ādayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāsava-ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa māhātmya narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: mahārāja (king; contextual addressee)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cosmic tableau: Rudras and Indras stand in awe, hands folded, as the unseen ‘fruit’ of devotion radiates like light from Hari’s presence in Dvārakā; the king-listener is addressed amid this grandeur.

Characters & Entities

• Rudra
• Vāsava (Indra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The reward of sincere devotion can be so immense that even the greatest devas cannot fully measure it.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, as the setting where worship yields extraordinary, immeasurable results.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is specified here; it emphasizes the vastness of the fruits of the previously described offerings and adornments.