Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

यथा नः सर्वदेवानां महाविष्णुरयं महान् । तथैव सर्वतीर्थानां पूज्येयं द्वारका शुभा

Transliteration

yathā naḥ sarvadevānāṃ mahāviṣṇurayaṃ mahān | tathaiva sarvatīrthānāṃ pūjyeyaṃ dvārakā śubhā

Translation

وكما أن المهافيشنو العظيم هو الأسمى لنا بين جميع الآلهة، فكذلك، بين جميع الأماكن المقدسة، تستحق دواراكا الميمونة هذه العبادة.

Word by Word

• यथा: as
• यथा: Sambandha (Comparative marker/उपमान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमानवाचक-अव्यय (comparative indeclinable)

• नः: for us / our
• नः: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Genitive, Plural; ‘of us/our’)

• सर्वदेवानाम्: of all the gods
• सर्वदेवानाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः (Masculine, Genitive, Plural; ‘of all gods’)

• महाविष्णुः: Mahāviṣṇu
• महाविष्णुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: Visheshana (Demonstrative modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular; demonstrative)

• महान्: great
• महान्: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् ‘महाविष्णुः’ (Masculine, Nominative, Singular; adjective)

• तथा: so
• तथा: Sambandha (Correlative marker/तुलना)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: तुल्यतावाचक-अव्यय (correlative indeclinable: ‘so/thus’)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपात (particle of emphasis/limitation)

• सर्वतीर्थानाम्: of all tīrthas
• सर्वतीर्थानाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः (Neuter, Genitive, Plural)

• पूज्या: worthy of worship
• पूज्या: Visheshana (Predicate adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूज्य (कृदन्त; √पूज् (धातु) + यत्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; यत्-प्रत्ययान्त भाव्य/योग्यतार्थक; विशेषणम् ‘द्वारका’ (Feminine, Nominative, Singular; ‘worthy of worship’)

• इयम्: this
• इयम्: Visheshana (Demonstrative modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Nominative, Singular; demonstrative)

• द्वारका: Dvārikā
• द्वारका: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वारका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Nominative, Singular)

• शुभा: auspicious
• शुभा: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् ‘द्वारका’ (Feminine, Nominative, Singular)

Speaker

Brahmā and Maheśa (continued, implied)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Mahāviṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa as the supreme deity presiding, with Dvārakā personified as an auspicious goddess-city receiving worship; the city’s gates and sea backdrop suggest its sacred sovereignty.

Characters & Entities

• Mahāviṣṇu
• Dvārakā
• Devas
• Tīrthas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Supreme devotion to the Lord corresponds to reverence for His supreme kṣetra—Dvārakā—among all pilgrimage sites.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śrī Dvārakā is explicitly declared the foremost worship-worthy tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā (worship) of Dvārakā as a sacred, venerable tīrtha is affirmed.