Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 69

Devanagari script

अत्युग्राण्यपि पापानि तावत्तिष्ठन्ति विग्रहे । यावन्न गच्छति नरः कलौ द्वारवतीं प्रति

Transliteration

atyugrāṇyapi pāpāni tāvattiṣṭhanti vigrahe | yāvanna gacchati naraḥ kalau dvāravatīṃ prati

Translation

Même les péchés les plus terribles ne demeurent dans le corps d’un homme que tant que—en l’âge de Kali—il ne se met pas en route vers Dvāravatī (Dvārakā).

Word by Word

• अति-उग्राणि: very fierce/terrible
• अति-उग्राणि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अति (अव्यय) + उग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (neuter, nom/acc plural; adjective)

• अपि: even/also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), समुच्चय/अपि-अर्थे (also/even)

• पापानि: sins
• पापानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन (neuter, nom/acc plural)

• तावत्: so long
• तावत्: Kala-adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), तावदवधि-अर्थे (so long/that long)

• तिष्ठन्ति: remain/stand
• तिष्ठन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लट् लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद (present indicative, 3rd pl.)

• विग्रहे: in the body
• विग्रहे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन (masculine, locative singular)

• यावत्: until/as long as
• यावत्: Kala-adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (correlative adverb), यावदवधि-अर्थे (until/as long as)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• गच्छति: goes
• गच्छति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट् लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (present indicative, 3rd sg.)

• नरः: a man/person
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन (masculine, nominative singular)

• कलौ: in the Kali age
• कलौ: Kala-adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन (masculine, locative singular)

• द्वारवतीम्: Dvāravatī (Dvārakā)
• द्वारवतीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वारवती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (feminine, accusative singular)

• प्रति: towards
• प्रति: Dik-adhikarana (Direction/दिगधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (अव्यय)
• Form: उपसर्ग/अव्यय (preposition), प्रति-अर्थे (towards)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvāravatī (Dvārakā)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim at a crossroads in Kali-yuga: behind him shadowy forms labeled ‘ugra pāpa’ cling to the body; as he steps onto the road marked ‘Dvāravatī’, the shadows fall away and dissolve into dust, with the sea-horizon and temple spire ahead.

Characters & Entities

• Dvāravatī (Dvārakā)
• Kali-yuga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Turning one’s life toward Dvārakā is depicted as the decisive break that ends even severe sin’s hold.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvāravatī/Dvārakā, praised as a purifier in Kali-yuga.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The core prescription is yātrā—setting out toward Dvārakā.