Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

यत्फलं व्रतसंयुक्तैर्वासरैः कृष्णसंयुतैः । यज्ञैर्दानैर्बृहद्भिश्च द्वारकायां तथैकया

Transliteration

yatphalaṃ vratasaṃyuktairvāsaraiḥ kṛṣṇasaṃyutaiḥ | yajñairdānairbṛhadbhiśca dvārakāyāṃ tathaikayā

Translation

Welche Frucht auch immer durch Tage, die mit Gelübden verbunden und Kṛṣṇa geweiht sind, sowie durch große Opfer und große Gaben erlangt wird—dieselbe Frucht wird in Dvārakā selbst durch nur eine einzige Observanz gewonnen.

Word by Word

• यत्: which; that
• यत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण) of फलम्
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular) (सम्बन्धे ‘which/that’)

• फलम्: fruit, result
• फलम्: Karma/Phala (Result)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (Singular)

• व्रतसंयुक्तैः: with days connected with vows
• व्रतसंयुक्तैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्रत-संयुक्त (प्रातिपदिक; व्रत + संयुक्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन (Plural)

• वासरैः: by/with days
• वासरैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन (Plural)

• कृष्णसंयुतैः: associated with Krishna
• कृष्णसंयुतैः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण) of वासरैः
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृष्ण-संयुक्त (प्रातिपदिक; कृष्ण + संयुक्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन (Plural)

• यज्ञैः: by sacrifices
• यज्ञैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन (Plural)

• दानैः: by gifts, charities
• दानैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन (Plural)

• बृहद्भिः: great, extensive
• बृहद्भिः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण) (of यज्ञैः/दानैः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बृहत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन (Plural)

• च: and
• च: Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction)

• द्वारकायाम्: in Dvārakā
• द्वारकायाम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वारका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• तथा: thus, likewise
• तथा: Discourse/Adverbial
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• एकया: by one (single)
• एकया: Karana (Instrument/करण) (elliptic: ‘by one (act/thing)’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced: Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa narrative voice addressing a king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A symbolic tableau: on one side elaborate yajñas and heaps of gifts; on the other a single devotee in Dvārakā offering a lamp and tulasī to Kṛṣṇa—both scales balance equally, showing equivalence of fruit.

Characters & Entities

• Vrata
• Yajña
• Dāna
• Śrī Kṛṣṇa
• Dvārakā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred place (Dvārakā) magnifies merit: a single observance there can equal extensive ritual and charity elsewhere.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā is explicitly praised as a merit-amplifying sacred site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

General mention of vrata-days, yajña, and dāna; the verse highlights their equivalence to a single observance in Dvārakā.