Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

भविष्यति कुलेऽस्माकं यो गच्छेद्द्वारकां पुरीम् । संप्राप्य द्वादशीं शुद्धां यः करिष्यति जागरम्

Transliteration

bhaviṣyati kule'smākaṃ yo gaccheddvārakāṃ purīm | saṃprāpya dvādaśīṃ śuddhāṃ yaḥ kariṣyati jāgaram

Translation

سيكون في سلالتنا من يقصد مدينة دْوَارَكَا، فإذا أدرك يوم الدْوَادَشِي الطاهر أقام السَّهَرَ التعبّدي المقدّس (جاغَرَنا).

Word by Word

• bhaviṣyati: will be; will arise
• bhaviṣyati: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (भू धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• kule: in the family
• kule: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kula (कुल प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन

• asmākam: of us; our
• asmākam: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th case), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (यद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक-यः

• gacchet: may go; would go
• gacchet: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (गम् धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• dvārakām: to Dvārakā
• dvārakām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvārakā (द्वारका प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

• purīm: city
• purīm: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: purī (पुरी प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; द्वारकां विशेषयति

• saṃprāpya: having reached; having obtained
• saṃprāpya: Kriyā (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-pra-āp (सम्+प्र+आप् धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; पूर्वक्रिया (having attained)

• dvādaśīm: the twelfth lunar day (Dvādāśī)
• dvādaśīm: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvādaśī (द्वादशी प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

• śuddhām: pure; auspicious
• śuddhām: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śuddha (शुद्ध प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; विशेषण (to dvādaśīm)

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (यद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक-यः

• kariṣyati: will do; will perform
• kariṣyati: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (कृ धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• jāgaram: night vigil; wakefulness (religious vigil)
• jāgaram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jāgara (जागर प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

Speaker

Pitṛs (ancestors), as quoted within the Dvārakā-māhātmya context

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Audience/pilgrims hearing Dvārakā-māhātmya

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims enter Dvārakā; on śuddhā Dvādaśī night they keep vigil in a lamp-lit mandapa with kīrtana, drums, and continuous worship before Kṛṣṇa.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs
• Dvārakā
• Dvādaśī
• Jāgaraṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage joined with time-sacralized observance (Dvādaśī) and vigil transforms devotion into disciplined vrata-dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā-purī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Observing Dvādaśī at Dvārakā and performing jāgaraṇa (night vigil in worship).