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

विष्णु जहाँ कहीं भी विराजमान हों, यदि तुलसी-दल की माला से उनकी पूजा की जाए, तो वे कलियुग में भी द्वारका के समान पुण्य प्रदान करते हैं।

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).