Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 84

Devanagari script

वेदयज्ञतपोजाप्यैः सम्यगाराधितो हरिः । प्रसीदेद्यस्य तस्य स्याद्द्वारकागमने मतिः

Transliteration

vedayajñatapojāpyaiḥ samyagārādhito hariḥ | prasīdedyasya tasya syāddvārakāgamane matiḥ

Translation

Wem Hari durch Veda, Opfer, Askese und Japa rechtmäßig verehrt wurde, dem wird Hari gnädig; und in ihm erwächst der Entschluss, nach Dvārakā zu pilgern.

Word by Word

• वेदयज्ञतपोजाप्यैः: by Vedas, sacrifices, austerities, and japa
• वेदयज्ञतपोजाप्यैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेद + यज्ञ + तपस् + जाप्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन; समासः—द्वन्द्वः (वेद-यज्ञ-तपस्-जाप्य)

• सम्यक्: properly
• सम्यक्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• आराधितः: worshipped
• आराधितः: Kriya (Predicate participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-राध् (धातु) → आराधित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, past passive participle); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे विशेषणवत्

• हरिः: Hari (Vishnu)
• हरिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्रसीदेत्: may be pleased
• प्रसीदेत्: Kriya (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-सीद् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• यस्य: of whom
• यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• तस्य: of that (person)
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• स्यात्: may be
• स्यात्: Kriya (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• द्वारकागमने: in going to Dvārakā
• द्वारकागमने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वारका + गमन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (द्वारकायाः गमनम्)

• मतिः: inclination, intention
• मतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Dvārakā Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee performing layered sādhana—Vedic recitation, sacrificial fire, austerity posture, and japa with mālā—while Hari’s compassionate radiance descends; in the devotee’s mind arises a clear vision-path leading to ocean-girt Dvārakā.

Characters & Entities

• Hari (Viṣṇu)
• Dvārakā
• Veda
• Yajña
• Tapas
• Japa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is presented as a fruit of divine grace gained through disciplined worship—inner merit ripens into outer journey.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, approached as a grace-born destination for Hari’s devotees.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Vedic devotion expressed through yajña (sacrifice), tapas (austerity), and japa (recitation) as modes of worshiping Hari.