Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 52

Devanagari script

यस्मात्सर्वाणि तीर्थानि सर्वे देवास्तथा मखाः । द्वारकायां समायांति त्रिकालं कृष्णसंनिधौ

Transliteration

yasmātsarvāṇi tīrthāni sarve devāstathā makhāḥ | dvārakāyāṃ samāyāṃti trikālaṃ kṛṣṇasaṃnidhau

Translation

Denn alle Tīrthas, alle Götter und selbst die Opferhandlungen (makhā) kommen in Dvārakā dreimal am Tag zusammen, in der unmittelbaren Gegenwart Kṛṣṇas.

Word by Word

• यस्मात्: because (from which reason)
• यस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, पञ्चमी (Ablative), एकवचन

• सर्वाणि: all
• सर्वाणि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), बहुवचन; ‘तीर्थानि’ इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषणम्

• तीर्थानि: pilgrimage places
• तीर्थानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), बहुवचन

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), बहुवचन; ‘देवाः’ इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषणम्

• देवाः: gods
• देवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), बहुवचन

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb) ‘एवम्/तद्वत्’ अर्थे

• मखाः: sacrifices
• मखाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), बहुवचन

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

• समायान्ति: come together, assemble
• समायान्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन

• त्रिकालम्: at the three times (always)
• त्रिकालम्: Sambandha (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: त्रि + काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समासः; अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः; ‘त्रिषु कालेषु/सर्वकाले’ अर्थे

• कृष्णसंनिधौ: in the presence of Krishna
• कृष्णसंनिधौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण + संनिधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (कृष्णस्य संनिधिः)

Speaker

Unspecified (contextual narrator within Dvārakā Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā (Dvāravatī)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant Dvārakā by the sea; Kṛṣṇa enthroned in resplendent court while streams of devas, ṛṣis, and personified tīrthas arrive at dawn, noon, and dusk, forming a cosmic congregation.

Characters & Entities

• Dvārakā
• Kṛṣṇa
• Tīrthas
• Devas
• Makhās (sacrifices)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dvārakā is portrayed as a supreme sacred center where all holy forces converge through Kṛṣṇa’s living presence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, described as the meeting-point of all tīrthas and devas around Kṛṣṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicit tri-kāla sanctity: worship/darśana in Kṛṣṇa’s presence at the three daily junctions (morning, noon, evening).