Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

यत्फलं व्रतसंयुक्तैर्वासरैः कृष्णसंयुतैः । यज्ञैर्दानैर्बृहद्भिश्च द्वारकायां तथैकया

Transliteration

yatphalaṃ vratasaṃyuktairvāsaraiḥ kṛṣṇasaṃyutaiḥ | yajñairdānairbṛhadbhiśca dvārakāyāṃ tathaikayā

Translation

વ્રતસંયુક્ત અને શ્રીકૃષ્ણને અર્પિત દિવસોથી, તેમજ મહાયજ્ઞો અને મહાદાનોથી જે ફળ મળે છે—તે જ ફળ દ્વારકામાં એક જ (આચરણ)થી પણ પ્રાપ્ત થાય છે।

Word by Word

• यत्: which; that
• यत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण) of फलम्
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular) (सम्बन्धे ‘which/that’)

• फलम्: fruit, result
• फलम्: Karma/Phala (Result)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (Singular)

• व्रतसंयुक्तैः: with days connected with vows
• व्रतसंयुक्तैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्रत-संयुक्त (प्रातिपदिक; व्रत + संयुक्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन (Plural)

• वासरैः: by/with days
• वासरैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन (Plural)

• कृष्णसंयुतैः: associated with Krishna
• कृष्णसंयुतैः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण) of वासरैः
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृष्ण-संयुक्त (प्रातिपदिक; कृष्ण + संयुक्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन (Plural)

• यज्ञैः: by sacrifices
• यज्ञैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन (Plural)

• दानैः: by gifts, charities
• दानैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन (Plural)

• बृहद्भिः: great, extensive
• बृहद्भिः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण) (of यज्ञैः/दानैः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बृहत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन (Plural)

• च: and
• च: Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction)

• द्वारकायाम्: in Dvārakā
• द्वारकायाम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वारका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• तथा: thus, likewise
• तथा: Discourse/Adverbial
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• एकया: by one (single)
• एकया: Karana (Instrument/करण) (elliptic: ‘by one (act/thing)’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced: Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa narrative voice addressing a king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A symbolic tableau: on one side elaborate yajñas and heaps of gifts; on the other a single devotee in Dvārakā offering a lamp and tulasī to Kṛṣṇa—both scales balance equally, showing equivalence of fruit.

Characters & Entities

• Vrata
• Yajña
• Dāna
• Śrī Kṛṣṇa
• Dvārakā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred place (Dvārakā) magnifies merit: a single observance there can equal extensive ritual and charity elsewhere.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā is explicitly praised as a merit-amplifying sacred site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

General mention of vrata-days, yajña, and dāna; the verse highlights their equivalence to a single observance in Dvārakā.