Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

नमस्करोति ते पादौ संहृष्टा च पुनःपुनः । पश्येमां नर्मदां रम्यां प्रणतां तव पादयोः

Transliteration

namaskaroti te pādau saṃhṛṣṭā ca punaḥpunaḥ | paśyemāṃ narmadāṃ ramyāṃ praṇatāṃ tava pādayoḥ

Translation

她欢喜地一次又一次顶礼你的双足。请看，这美丽的讷尔摩陀河，正伏拜在你的莲足之下。

Word by Word

• namaskaroti: salutes
• namaskaroti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: namas + √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; नामधातु-प्रयोगः (नमस्कृ)

• te: your
• te: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• pādau: two feet
• pādau: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), द्विवचन

• saṃhṛṣṭā: delighted
• saṃhṛṣṭā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam + √hṛṣ (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; ‘हृष्टा/प्रहृष्टा’

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

• punaḥ-punaḥ: again and again
• punaḥ-punaḥ: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punaḥ (अव्यय) + punaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरुक्त-अव्यय (reduplicated adverb)

• paśya: see!
• paśya: Kriya (Command/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dṛś (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• imām: this (her)
• imām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• narmadām: Narmadā
• narmadām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: narmadā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; नदी-नाम

• ramyām: lovely
• ramyām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ramya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; विशेषण

• praṇatām: bowed down
• praṇatām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pra + √nam (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; ‘प्रणता’

• tava: your
• tava: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• pādayoḥ: at (your) two feet
• pādayoḥ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7) / षष्ठी (6), द्विवचन; अत्र ‘पादयोः’ = ‘at your feet’ (सप्तमी)

Speaker

Narrator within Dvārakā-māhātmya (contextual voice describing Dvārakā’s greatness)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Narmadā as a serene river-goddess, radiant and beautiful, bows at the feet of Devī Dvārakā; she repeats her obeisance joyfully, while attendants and sages witness.

Characters & Entities

• Dvārakā
• Narmadā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True holiness is recognized by the holy themselves; even Narmadā is depicted as bowing to Dvārakā, modeling bhakti and humility.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, as the divine center before which sacred rivers offer homage.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Repeated prostration (praṇāma/namaskāra) is highlighted as an expression of devotion; no other rite is specified.