Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 52

Devanagari script

यस्मात्सर्वाणि तीर्थानि सर्वे देवास्तथा मखाः । द्वारकायां समायांति त्रिकालं कृष्णसंनिधौ

Transliteration

yasmātsarvāṇi tīrthāni sarve devāstathā makhāḥ | dvārakāyāṃ samāyāṃti trikālaṃ kṛṣṇasaṃnidhau

Translation

For all tīrthas, all the gods, and even the sacrificial rites (makhās) gather in Dvārakā three times each day, in the very presence of Kṛṣṇa.

Word by Word

• यस्मात्: because (from which reason)
• यस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, पञ्चमी (Ablative), एकवचन

• सर्वाणि: all
• सर्वाणि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), बहुवचन; ‘तीर्थानि’ इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषणम्

• तीर्थानि: pilgrimage places
• तीर्थानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), बहुवचन

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), बहुवचन; ‘देवाः’ इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषणम्

• देवाः: gods
• देवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), बहुवचन

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb) ‘एवम्/तद्वत्’ अर्थे

• मखाः: sacrifices
• मखाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), बहुवचन

• द्वारकायाम्: in Dvārakā
• द्वारकायाम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वारका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन

• समायान्ति: come together, assemble
• समायान्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन

• त्रिकालम्: at the three times (always)
• त्रिकालम्: Sambandha (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: त्रि + काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समासः; अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः; ‘त्रिषु कालेषु/सर्वकाले’ अर्थे

• कृष्णसंनिधौ: in the presence of Krishna
• कृष्णसंनिधौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण + संनिधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (कृष्णस्य संनिधिः)

Speaker

Unspecified (contextual narrator within Dvārakā Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā (Dvāravatī)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant Dvārakā by the sea; Kṛṣṇa enthroned in resplendent court while streams of devas, ṛṣis, and personified tīrthas arrive at dawn, noon, and dusk, forming a cosmic congregation.

Characters & Entities

• Dvārakā
• Kṛṣṇa
• Tīrthas
• Devas
• Makhās (sacrifices)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dvārakā is portrayed as a supreme sacred center where all holy forces converge through Kṛṣṇa’s living presence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, described as the meeting-point of all tīrthas and devas around Kṛṣṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicit tri-kāla sanctity: worship/darśana in Kṛṣṇa’s presence at the three daily junctions (morning, noon, evening).