Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

द्वारकां कलिकाले तु प्रातरुत्थाय कीर्तयेत् । स सर्वपापनिर्मुक्तः स्वर्गं याति न संशयः

Transliteration

dvārakāṃ kalikāle tu prātarutthāya kīrtayet | sa sarvapāpanirmuktaḥ svargaṃ yāti na saṃśayaḥ

Translation

कलियुग में प्रातः उठकर द्वारका का कीर्तन करे। वह समस्त पापों से मुक्त होकर स्वर्ग को प्राप्त होता है—इसमें संशय नहीं।

Word by Word

• dvārakām: Dvārakā
• dvārakām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvārakā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे द्वितीया (2nd) एकवचन

• kali-kāle: in the Kali age
• kali-kāle: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kali (प्रातिपदिक) + kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (कलियुगस्य काले); पुल्लिङ्गे सप्तमी (7th) एकवचन

• tu: indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (indeed/but)

• prātaḥ: in the morning
• prātaḥ: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prātaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (in the morning)

• utthāya: having risen
• utthāya: Kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sthā (धातु) + ut- (उपसर्ग)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund) 'उत्थाय'; अव्ययभाव; पूर्वक्रिया

• kīrtayet: should praise/recite
• kīrtayet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kīrt (धातु; कीर्तयति)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुल्लिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st) एकवचन

• sarva-pāpa-nirmuktaḥ: freed from all sins
• sarva-pāpa-nirmuktaḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + pāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + nirmukta (कृदन्त; nir- + √muc (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सर्वेभ्यः पापेभ्यः निर्मुक्तः); पुल्लिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st) एकवचन; विशेषणम् (saḥ)

• svargam: heaven
• svargam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svarga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्गे द्वितीया (2nd) एकवचन

• yāti: goes/attains
• yāti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yā (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• na: no/not
• na: Sambandha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध

• saṃśayaḥ: doubt
• saṃśayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st) एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At dawn, a devotee faces the sea at Dvārakā, hands folded, chanting the city’s praise; the temple spire and ocean horizon glow with early light.

Characters & Entities

• Dvārakā
• Kali-yuga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

In Kali-yuga, simple devotional remembrance and praise of a sacred tirtha is upheld as a potent purifier.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, the sacred city of Bhagavān’s presence and pilgrimage merit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Morning practice: rise early and perform kīrtana (praise/chanting) of Dvārakā.