Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

श्रद्धया परया भक्त्या कन्याराशिस्थिते गुरौ । आयांति द्वारकां द्रष्टुं ब्राह्म्याद्याश्च प्रहर्षिताः

Transliteration

śraddhayā parayā bhaktyā kanyārāśisthite gurau | āyāṃti dvārakāṃ draṣṭuṃ brāhmyādyāśca praharṣitāḥ

Translation

Mit tiefer Śraddhā und höchster Bhakti—wenn Guru (Bṛhaspati/Jupiter) im Zeichen der Jungfrau steht—kommen Brāhmī und die übrigen Göttinnen freudig, um Dvārakā zu schauen.

Word by Word

• śraddhayā: with faith
• śraddhayā: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śraddhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• parayā: supreme / intense
• parayā: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (to śraddhayā/bhaktyā)

• bhaktyā: with devotion
• bhaktyā: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• kanyā-rāśi-sthite: situated in the sign Virgo
• kanyā-rāśi-sthite: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kanyā (प्रातिपदिक) + rāśi (प्रातिपदिक) + sthita (कृदन्त)
• Form: सप्तमी-एकवचन-सम्बद्ध विशेषण; sthita = क्त-कृदन्त (स्थित); नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः ('situated in Kanyā-rāśi/Virgo')

• gurau: when/with Jupiter (Guru)
• gurau: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: guru (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• āyānti: come
• āyānti: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√yā (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• dvārakām: to Dvārakā
• dvārakām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvārakā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• draṣṭum: to see
• draṣṭum: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु) → draṣṭum (तुमुन्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: तुमुन्-अन्त (infinitive); प्रयोजनार्थक (purpose)

• brāhmyādyāḥ: Brāhmī and others (goddesses)
• brāhmyādyāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brāhmī (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः ('Brāhmī and others')

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

• praharṣitāḥ: delighted
• praharṣitāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pra-√hṛṣ (धातु) → praharṣita (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; 'delighted'

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Dvārakā Māhātmya; exact speaker not explicit in this verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brāhmī and attendant goddesses, radiant and ornamented, arrive in joyous procession to behold the sea-girt city of Dvārakā; the sky suggests an auspicious Jupiter transit; temple spires and ocean waves frame the darśana.

Characters & Entities

• Dvārakā
• Guru (Jupiter)
• Kanyā-rāśi (Virgo)
• Brāhmī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Faith-filled pilgrimage gains heightened sanctity at auspicious cosmic timings; devotion aligns the pilgrim with a sacred rhythm honored even by divine beings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, whose darśana is sought by divine goddesses at specially auspicious times.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

An auspicious timing is indicated: visiting for Dvārakā-darśana when Jupiter (Guru) is in Kanyā (Virgo).