Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

भविष्यति कुलेऽस्माकं यो गच्छेद्द्वारकां पुरीम् । संप्राप्य द्वादशीं शुद्धां यः करिष्यति जागरम्

Transliteration

bhaviṣyati kule'smākaṃ yo gaccheddvārakāṃ purīm | saṃprāpya dvādaśīṃ śuddhāṃ yaḥ kariṣyati jāgaram

Translation

In our lineage there will arise one who goes to the city of Dvārakā and, upon attaining the pure Dvādaśī, keeps the sacred vigil (jāgaraṇa).

Word by Word

• bhaviṣyati: will be; will arise
• bhaviṣyati: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (भू धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• 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

• gacchet: may go; would go
• gacchet: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (गम् धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• dvārakām: to Dvārakā
• dvārakām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvārakā (द्वारका प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

• purīm: city
• purīm: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: purī (पुरी प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; द्वारकां विशेषयति

• saṃprāpya: having reached; having obtained
• saṃprāpya: Kriyā (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-pra-āp (सम्+प्र+आप् धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; पूर्वक्रिया (having attained)

• dvādaśīm: the twelfth lunar day (Dvādāśī)
• dvādaśīm: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvādaśī (द्वादशी प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

• śuddhām: pure; auspicious
• śuddhām: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śuddha (शुद्ध प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; विशेषण (to dvādaśīm)

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

• kariṣyati: will do; will perform
• kariṣyati: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (कृ धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• jāgaram: night vigil; wakefulness (religious vigil)
• jāgaram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jāgara (जागर प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

Speaker

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

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Audience/pilgrims hearing Dvārakā-māhātmya

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims enter Dvārakā; on śuddhā Dvādaśī night they keep vigil in a lamp-lit mandapa with kīrtana, drums, and continuous worship before Kṛṣṇa.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs
• Dvārakā
• Dvādaśī
• Jāgaraṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage joined with time-sacralized observance (Dvādaśī) and vigil transforms devotion into disciplined vrata-dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā-purī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Observing Dvādaśī at Dvārakā and performing jāgaraṇa (night vigil in worship).