Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 80

Devanagari script

वाराणस्यां कुरुक्षेत्रे नर्मदायां च यत्फलम् । तत्फलं निमिषार्धेन द्वारवत्यां दिनेदिने

Transliteration

vārāṇasyāṃ kurukṣetre narmadāyāṃ ca yatphalam | tatphalaṃ nimiṣārdhena dvāravatyāṃ dinedine

Translation

Welches Verdienst man in Vārāṇasī, in Kurukṣetra und an der Narmadā erlangt—dasselbe Verdienst wird in Dvāravatī Tag für Tag in nur einem halben Augenblick gewonnen.

Word by Word

• vārāṇasyām: In Varanasi
• vārāṇasyām: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vārāṇasī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular

• kurukṣetre: In Kurukshetra
• kurukṣetre: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kurukṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular

• narmadāyām: In the Narmada river
• narmadāyām: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: narmadā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular

• ca: And
• ca: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca
• Form: Conjunction

• yat: Which/What
• yat: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• phalam: Fruit/Result/Merit
• phalam: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• tat: That
• tat: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• phalam: Fruit/Result/Merit
• phalam: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• nimiṣārdhena: By half a blink (in a moment)
• nimiṣārdhena: Karana (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nimiṣārdha (nimiṣa + ardha)
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular

• dvāravatyām: In Dwaravati (Dwarka)
• dvāravatyām: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvāravatī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular

• dinedine: Day by day / Daily
• dinedine: Adhikarana (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: dina (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Adverbial Compound

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvāravatī (Dvārakā)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer within Dvārakā-māhātmya (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A symbolic tableau: Vārāṇasī ghats, Kurukṣetra field, and Narmadā river appear as three luminous emblems whose combined light is gathered into Dvārakā, where a pilgrim gains it in ‘half a moment’.

Characters & Entities

• Vārāṇasī (Kāśī)
• Kurukṣetra
• Narmadā
• Dvāravatī (Dvārakā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dvārakā is praised as a concentrated field of merit where great tīrtha-fruits arise with minimal delay.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvāravatī (Dvārakā), explicitly compared with Kāśī, Kurukṣetra, and the Narmadā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No single rite is specified; the verse highlights the extraordinary, immediate fruit of sacred presence in Dvārakā.