Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 43

Devanagari script

यत्र तत्र स्थितो विष्णुस्तुलसीदलमालया । पूजितो द्वारकातुल्यं पुण्यं स यच्छते कलौ

Transliteration

yatra tatra sthito viṣṇustulasīdalamālayā | pūjito dvārakātulyaṃ puṇyaṃ sa yacchate kalau

Translation

Dondequiera que se halle Viṣṇu, si es adorado con una guirnalda de hojas de tulasī, concede un mérito igual al de Dvārakā, aun en la era de Kali.

Word by Word

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Location marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (relative adverb: where)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (correlative adverb: there)

• स्थितः: standing/abiding
• स्थितः: Karta-predicative (Descriptive)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sthā (धातु) + sthita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (agreeing with विष्णुः)

• विष्णुः: Viṣṇu
• विष्णुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तुलसीदलमालया: with a garland of Tulasī leaves
• तुलसीदलमालया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tulasī (प्रातिपदिक) + dala (प्रातिपदिक) + mālā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (तुलसीदलानां माला); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; करण (means)

• पूजितः: worshipped
• पूजितः: Karta-predicative (Descriptive)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pūj (धातु) + pūjita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विष्णोः विशेषण

• द्वारकातुल्यम्: equal to (that of) Dvārakā
• द्वारकातुल्यम्: Karma (Object complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dvārakā (प्रातिपदिक) + tulya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (द्वारकायाः तुल्यम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्म-विशेषण (qualifying पुण्यम्)

• पुण्यम्: merit
• पुण्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• यच्छते: gives/bestows
• यच्छते: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yam (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• कलौ: in the Kali age
• कलौ: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kali (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘कलियुगे’

Speaker

Unspecified (Dvārakā Māhātmya narrator addressing a king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā (as benchmark)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (implied continuity) and broader Kali-yuga audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A split-scene: on one side, Dvārakā’s grand temple by the sea; on the other, a humble village/home shrine where a devotee offers tulasī to Viṣṇu—both radiating identical halos of merit, labeled ‘Kali-yuga’ accessibility.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Tulasī
• Dvārakā
• Kali-yuga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

In Kali-yuga, accessible devotional acts like tulasī-offering can confer the highest tīrtha-like merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā is upheld as a benchmark of merit; tulasī-worship makes worship elsewhere comparable to Dvārakā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship Viṣṇu with a tulasī-leaf garland (tulasī-dala-mālā).