Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

अपिस्यात्स कुलऽस्माकं यः श्रुत्वा ब्राह्मणाननात् । द्वारकामाहात्म्यमिदं पूजयिष्यति भक्तितः

Transliteration

apisyātsa kula'smākaṃ yaḥ śrutvā brāhmaṇānanāt | dvārakāmāhātmyamidaṃ pūjayiṣyati bhaktitaḥ

Translation

Möge es in unserem Geschlecht einen geben, der, nachdem er dieses Dvārakā-māhātmya aus dem Mund eines Brahmanen gehört hat, es in Bhakti ehrt und verehrt.

Word by Word

• api: even; also
• api: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle), सम्भावनार्थे/अपि = 'even/also'

• syāt: may be; could be
• syāt: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (अस् धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन (Singular); परस्मैपदम्

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• kule: in the family
• kule: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kula (कुल प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन

• asmākam: of us; our
• asmākam: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th case), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (यद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक-यः (relative pronoun)

• śrutvā: having heard
• śrutvā: Kriyā (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (श्रु धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; पूर्वक्रिया (having heard)

• brāhmaṇa-ānanāt: from the mouth of a Brahmin
• brāhmaṇa-ānanāt: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brāhmaṇa (ब्राह्मण प्रातिपदिक) + ānana (आनन प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative): 'ब्राह्मणस्य आननम्'; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th case), एकवचन

• dvārakā-māhātmyam: the glory of Dvārakā
• dvārakā-māhātmyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvārakā (द्वारका प्रातिपदिक) + māhātmya (माहात्म्य प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: 'द्वारकायाः माहात्म्यम्'; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

• idam: this
• idam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: idam (इदम् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; विशेषण (to māhātmyam)

• pūjayiṣyati: will worship; will honor
• pūjayiṣyati: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pūj (पूज् धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• bhaktitaḥ: with devotion; devoutly
• bhaktitaḥ: Hetu/Prakāra (Manner/हेतु-प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhakti (भक्ति प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb): 'भक्तितः' = भक्त्या/भक्तिपूर्वकं

Speaker

Pitṛs (ancestors), as quoted within the Dvārakā-māhātmya context

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā (māhātmya-śravaṇa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Audience receiving the Dvārakā-māhātmya

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A brāhmaṇa recites the Dvārakā-māhātmya to attentive listeners; the text is treated as sacred, with offerings and respectful posture, while a faint vision of Dvārakā and Kṛṣṇa appears behind the reciter.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs
• Brāhmaṇa
• Dvārakā-māhātmya
• Bhakti

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śravaṇa (listening) to sacred māhātmyas from qualified reciters and honoring them is itself a devotional dharma that bears spiritual fruit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, through the recitation and reverence of its māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Hearing the Dvārakā-māhātmya from a brāhmaṇa and reverently honoring it (pūjana/ādara).