Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 74

Devanagari script

अथ ते समुपागम्य द्वारकां विष्णुपार्षदाः । नत्वाऽथ द्वारकानाथं द्वारकां वै तथैव च

Transliteration

atha te samupāgamya dvārakāṃ viṣṇupārṣadāḥ | natvā'tha dvārakānāthaṃ dvārakāṃ vai tathaiva ca

Translation

次いで、ヴィシュヌの従者たちはドヴァーラカーへと近づき、礼拝してドヴァーラカーの主に敬意を捧げ、同様にドヴァーラカーそのものにも拝礼した。

Word by Word

• अथ: then/now
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रमसूचक/सम्बन्धसूचक (sequence marker: 'then/now')

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम (they)

• समुपागम्य: having approached
• समुपागम्य: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial to main action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+उप+गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); अव्ययभाव; 'having approached'

• द्वारकाम्: Dvaraka
• द्वारकाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वारका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• विष्णुपार्षदाः: attendants of Vishnu
• विष्णुपार्षदाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु + पार्षद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (विष्णोः पार्षदाः)

• नत्वा: having bowed
• नत्वा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); अव्ययभाव; 'having bowed'

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रमसूचक (then)

• द्वारकानाथम्: the Lord of Dvaraka
• द्वारकानाथम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वारका + नाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (द्वारकायाः नाथः)

• द्वारकाम्: Dvaraka
• द्वारकाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वारका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• तथा: thus
• तथा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb: thus/in that manner)

• एव: just/indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक-निपात (restrictive/emphatic)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

Speaker

Deductive (Dvārakā-māhātmya narrative voice; traditionally Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Viṣṇu’s attendants arrive at the gates/streets of Dvārakā; they bow first to Dvārakānātha, then reverently to the city itself as a sacred being.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Viṣṇupārṣada
• Dvārakā
• Dvārakānātha (Kṛṣṇa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

In Purāṇic dharma, the sacred place (kṣetra) is revered along with its Lord—honoring Dvārakā itself is part of honoring Kṛṣṇa.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, explicitly honored as a sacred entity alongside Dvārakānātha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Praṇāma (bowing) to Dvārakānātha and to the kṣetra (Dvārakā) itself.