Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 70

Devanagari script

स्वस्ति तेऽस्तु गमिष्यामः प्रसादाद्रुक्मिणीपतेः । प्राप्तं विष्णुपदं पुत्र अपुनर्भवसंज्ञकम्

Transliteration

svasti te'stu gamiṣyāmaḥ prasādādrukmiṇīpateḥ | prāptaṃ viṣṇupadaṃ putra apunarbhavasaṃjñakam

Translation

愿吉祥与你同在；我们将凭鲁克米妮之主的恩典而启程。吾子，你已证得“毗湿奴之足”（Viṣṇupada）——毗湿奴的圣住处，名为不复再生之境。

Word by Word

• स्वस्ति: well-being; hail
• स्वस्ति: Sambodhana/Discourse marker (आशीर्वाद)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वस्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; आशीर्वादार्थक-निपात (benedictive particle)

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी/चतुर्थी?—अत्र चतुर्थी एकवचन (to you) (Dative singular)

• अस्तु: may it be
• अस्तु: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative/benedictive), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• गमिष्यामः: we shall go
• गमिष्यामः: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (simple future), उत्तमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• प्रसादात्: from (his) grace
• प्रसादात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन (from/by grace)

• रुक्मिणीपतेः: of Rukmiṇī’s lord
• रुक्मिणीपतेः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुक्मिणी (प्रातिपदिक) + पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (रुक्मिण्याः पति); पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• प्राप्तम्: obtained; reached
• प्राप्तम्: Kriya/Predicate (result state)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि-भाव (obtained)

• विष्णुपदम्: Viṣṇu’s abode/state
• विष्णुपदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक) + पद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (विष्णोः पदम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• पुत्र: O son
• पुत्र: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (8th/vocative), एकवचन

• अपुनर्भवसंज्ञकम्: called ‘no-rebirth’
• अपुनर्भवसंज्ञकम्: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ (नञ्) + पुनर्भव (प्रातिपदिक) + संज्ञक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नञ्-तत्पुरुष (अपुनर्भवः) + तत्पुरुष (अपुनर्भवस्य संज्ञा यस्य); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying विष्णुपदम्)

Speaker

Unspecified (context suggests departing beings/elders addressing 'putra')

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A departing group offers blessings; above, a radiant Viṣṇu-pada realm opens like a luminous gateway, attributed to Rukmiṇīpati’s grace; the recipient is serene, freed from rebirth.

Characters & Entities

• Rukmiṇīpati (Kṛṣṇa)
• Viṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace, especially of Kṛṣṇa as Rukmiṇīpati, culminates in liberation described as Viṣṇupada and freedom from rebirth.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, implicitly, as the locus of Rukmiṇīpati’s grace in this Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed here; it affirms the fruit—mokṣa/Viṣṇupada—associated with devotion and dharmic observance in context.