Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

तथा मनोरथावाप्तिर्यात्रा च सफला भवेत् । सर्वतीर्थफलावाप्तिं लभते नात्र संशयः

Transliteration

tathā manorathāvāptiryātrā ca saphalā bhavet | sarvatīrthaphalāvāptiṃ labhate nātra saṃśayaḥ

Translation

Thus one’s cherished aims are attained and the pilgrimage becomes fruitful. One gains the results of all tīrthas—of this there is no doubt.

Word by Word

• तथा: thus, likewise
• तथा: Prakara (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारार्थक-अव्यय (adverb)

• मनोरथावाप्तिः: attainment of desires
• मनोरथावाप्तिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनोरथ (प्रातिपदिक) + आवाप्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; समासः—मनोरथस्य आवाप्तिः इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः

• यात्रा: the pilgrimage/journey
• यात्रा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यात्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• सफला: fruitful, successful
• सफला: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सफल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; यात्रेति विशेषणम्

• भवेत्: would become
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधिलिङ्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• सर्वतीर्थफलावाप्तिम्: attainment of the fruits of all tīrthas
• सर्वतीर्थफलावाप्तिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + फल (प्रातिपदिक) + आवाप्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; समासः—(सर्वेषां तीर्थानां फलानाम्) आवाप्तिः इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष-प्रधानः (बहुपदसमासः)

• लभते: obtains
• लभते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• न: no/not
• न: Nishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय; अत्र 'नात्र' इत्यत्र संधौ

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb: 'here')

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified (concluding assurance within Dvārakā Māhātmya passage)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā-kṣetra (general phala-śruti)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvija-śreṣṭhas / brāhmaṇas (addressed audience)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims arriving at Dvārakā’s sacred precincts, carrying water-pots and offerings, with the sea and temple spires in the background; a textual banner-like emphasis on ‘sarvatīrtha-phala’.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A properly performed tīrtha-yātrā is not symbolic alone—it culminates in fulfilled aims and comprehensive spiritual merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā and its tīrtha-network, presented as conferring sarva-tīrtha-phala.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse summarizes the outcome of the prescribed practices (snāna, dāna, śrāddha/tarpaṇa) that make the yātrā truly fruitful.