Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 79

Devanagari script

माहात्म्यं द्वारकायास्तु मद्दिने यत्र तत्र वा । पठेन्मम पुरीं पुण्यां लभते मत्प्रसादतः

Transliteration

māhātmyaṃ dvārakāyāstu maddine yatra tatra vā | paṭhenmama purīṃ puṇyāṃ labhate matprasādataḥ

Translation

Wer das Māhātmya von Dvārakā rezitiert — an Meinem heiligen Tag oder an irgendeinem Tag, wo immer er sich befindet — erlangt jene heilige Stadt durch Meine Gnade.

Word by Word

• māhātmyam: the greatness (account)
• māhātmyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• dvārakāyāḥ: of Dvārakā
• dvārakāyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvārakā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• tu: indeed/but
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषण-अव्यय (but/indeed)

• mat-dine: on my day (sacred day)
• mat-dine: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mad (सर्वनाम) + dina (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (mama dine); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; कालवाचक-सप्तमी

• yatra: where/whenever
• yatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देश/प्रसङ्गवाचक-अव्यय (relative adverb: where/whenever)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (correlative adverb: there)

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha (Alternative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्प-अव्यय (or)

• paṭhet: should recite
• paṭhet: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: paṭh (पठ् धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन

• purīm: city
• purīm: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: purī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• puṇyām: holy
• puṇyām: Karma (Qualifier of object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: puṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (purīm)

• labhate: obtains
• labhate: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: labh (लभ् धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• mat-prasādataḥ: through my grace
• mat-prasādataḥ: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mad (सर्वनाम) + prasāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (mama prasādaḥ); पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; हेतौ पञ्चमी (ablative of cause)

Speaker

Śiva

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇa/assembly

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee far from the sea sits with a palm-leaf manuscript, reciting Dvārakā-māhātmya; above, a visionary Dvārakā appears—temple spires, sea, and Kṛṣṇa’s blessing hand—signifying ‘attainment by grace’.

Characters & Entities

• Dvārakā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional recitation of a sacred place’s Māhātmya functions as a bridge to its grace, even from afar.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā and its Māhātmya (glorification) are explicitly praised.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pāṭha/recitation of the Dvārakā Māhātmya, especially on a day sacred to the deity (maddine).