Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 84

Devanagari script

वेदयज्ञतपोजाप्यैः सम्यगाराधितो हरिः । प्रसीदेद्यस्य तस्य स्याद्द्वारकागमने मतिः

Transliteration

vedayajñatapojāpyaiḥ samyagārādhito hariḥ | prasīdedyasya tasya syāddvārakāgamane matiḥ

Translation

مَن عُبِدَ له هَري عبادةً صحيحةً بالڤيدا والقرابين والتقشّف والجَپا (ترديد الذكر)، فإن هَري يرضى عنه؛ وفي قلبه تنشأ العزيمة على الرحلة إلى دوارَكا.

Word by Word

• वेदयज्ञतपोजाप्यैः: by Vedas, sacrifices, austerities, and japa
• वेदयज्ञतपोजाप्यैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेद + यज्ञ + तपस् + जाप्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन; समासः—द्वन्द्वः (वेद-यज्ञ-तपस्-जाप्य)

• सम्यक्: properly
• सम्यक्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• आराधितः: worshipped
• आराधितः: Kriya (Predicate participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-राध् (धातु) → आराधित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, past passive participle); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे विशेषणवत्

• हरिः: Hari (Vishnu)
• हरिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्रसीदेत्: may be pleased
• प्रसीदेत्: Kriya (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-सीद् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• यस्य: of whom
• यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• तस्य: of that (person)
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• स्यात्: may be
• स्यात्: Kriya (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• द्वारकागमने: in going to Dvārakā
• द्वारकागमने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वारका + गमन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (द्वारकायाः गमनम्)

• मतिः: inclination, intention
• मतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Dvārakā Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee performing layered sādhana—Vedic recitation, sacrificial fire, austerity posture, and japa with mālā—while Hari’s compassionate radiance descends; in the devotee’s mind arises a clear vision-path leading to ocean-girt Dvārakā.

Characters & Entities

• Hari (Viṣṇu)
• Dvārakā
• Veda
• Yajña
• Tapas
• Japa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is presented as a fruit of divine grace gained through disciplined worship—inner merit ripens into outer journey.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, approached as a grace-born destination for Hari’s devotees.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Vedic devotion expressed through yajña (sacrifice), tapas (austerity), and japa (recitation) as modes of worshiping Hari.