Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

उत्तरद्वारकां चापि पूज्यैवं विधिवन्नरः । एतदेव फलं सोपि प्राप्नुयान्मान वोत्तमः

Transliteration

uttaradvārakāṃ cāpi pūjyaivaṃ vidhivannaraḥ | etadeva phalaṃ sopi prāpnuyānmāna vottamaḥ

Translation

Ebenso soll ein Mensch Uttaradvārakā auf eben diese Weise nach rechtem Ritus verehren; und jener Beste der Menschen wird denselben Lohn erlangen.

Word by Word

• उत्तर-द्वारकाम्: Uttara-Dvārakā (the northern Dvārakā)
• उत्तर-द्वारकाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्तर (प्रातिपदिक) + द्वारका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; ‘also/even’)

• पूज्य: having worshipped
• पूज्य: Kriya (Non-finite verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive), ‘having worshipped’

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of manner)

• विधिवत्: according to the prescribed rite
• विधिवत्: Sambandha (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधिवत् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb; ‘according to rule’)

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Demonstrative pronoun

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; emphasis)

• फलम्: result
• फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Pronoun, Nominative singular

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; ‘also’)

• प्राप्नुयात्: should obtain
• प्राप्नुयात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (धातु) + प्र (उपसर्ग)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; Parasmaipada

• मानव-उत्तमः: the best of men
• मानव-उत्तमः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular

Speaker

Unknown (contextual narrator within Māheśvara Khaṇḍa discourse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Uttaradvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim arrives at a northern gateway-temple precinct named Uttaradvārakā and repeats the same offerings—flowers, incense, naivedya—before the presiding deity, suggesting a linked pilgrimage circuit.

Characters & Entities

• Uttaradvārakā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Properly performed worship at a sanctified place yields assured merit; dharma is enacted through correct ritual and reverence for sacred geography.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Uttaradvārakā is explicitly mentioned as an object of worship within the Māhātmya’s sacred-place framework.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship (pūjā) is to be performed ‘vidhivat’—in accordance with prescribed ritual procedure.