Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

महेशः स्वगणैः सार्द्धं भवान्या समदृश्यत । इन्द्रस्तु त्रिदशैः सार्द्धं यक्षगन्धर्वकिन्नरैः

Transliteration

maheśaḥ svagaṇaiḥ sārddhaṃ bhavānyā samadṛśyata | indrastu tridaśaiḥ sārddhaṃ yakṣagandharvakinnaraiḥ

Translation

大自在天摩诃湿婆与其自有眷属同现，并有圣母婆伐尼相伴。帝释天因陀罗亦与三十天神俱来，随从有夜叉、乾闼婆与紧那罗。

Word by Word

• महेशः: Maheśa (Śiva)
• महेशः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (महतः ईशः)

• स्वगणैः: with his own attendants
• स्वगणैः: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व-गण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; सहार्थे (in sense of accompaniment)

• सार्द्धम्: together with
• सार्द्धम्: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सार्द्धम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक (postposition-like indeclinable: 'together with')

• भवान्या: with Bhavānī (Pārvatī)
• भवान्या: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवानी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; सहार्थे

• समदृश्यत: was seen, appeared
• समदृश्यत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; रूपम्: सम् + अदृश्यत (he was seen/appeared)

• इन्द्रः: Indra
• इन्द्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• तु: but/and
• तु: Sambandha/Emphasis (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (contrastive particle)

• त्रिदशैः: with the thirty gods
• त्रिदशैः: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिदश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; द्विगु-समास (त्रयः दश = 30; 'gods')

• सार्द्धम्: together with
• सार्द्धम्: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सार्द्धम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक

• यक्षगन्धर्वकिन्नरैः: with Yakṣas, Gandharvas, and Kinnaras
• यक्षगन्धर्वकिन्नरैः: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यक्ष-गन्धर्व-किन्नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (yakṣāḥ ca gandharvāḥ ca kinnarāḥ ca)

Speaker

Prahlāda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A grand celestial arrival: Maheśa (Śiva) with his gaṇas and Bhavānī beside him; Indra arrives with the Tridaśas, surrounded by Yakṣas, Gandharvas, and Kinnaras—forming a multi-tiered divine procession over Dvārakā.

Characters & Entities

• Maheśa (Śiva)
• Bhavānī (Pārvatī)
• Indra
• Tridaśas
• Yakṣas
• Gandharvas
• Kinnaras

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dvārakā’s sanctity is affirmed across divine hierarchies—Śiva, Devī, Indra, and celestial beings all participate in honoring the sacred.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā is the implied setting whose māhātmya draws the presence of major deities and celestial communities.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is descriptive, emphasizing divine attendance as a sign of exceptional tīrtha-mahima.