Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

अपि स्यात्स कुलेऽस्माकं वैष्णवानां तु सन्निधौ । द्वारकायाश्च माहात्म्यं पठिष्यति जितेन्द्रियः

Transliteration

api syātsa kule'smākaṃ vaiṣṇavānāṃ tu sannidhau | dvārakāyāśca māhātmyaṃ paṭhiṣyati jitendriyaḥ

Translation

ನಮ್ಮ ಕುಲದಲ್ಲಿ ಇಂದ್ರಿಯಜಯಿಯಾದ ಒಬ್ಬನು/ಒಬ್ಬಳು ಇರಲಿ; ವೈಷ್ಣವರ ಸನ್ನಿಧಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ದ್ವಾರಕಾ ಮಹಾತ್ಮ್ಯವನ್ನು ಪಠಿಸುವನು/ಪಠಿಸುವಳು।

Word by Word

• api: even; also
• api: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle), सम्भावनार्थे/अपि

• syāt: may be
• syāt: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (अस् धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• kule: in the family
• kule: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kula (कुल प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• asmākam: of us; our
• asmākam: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• vaiṣṇavānām: of the Vaiṣṇavas
• vaiṣṇavānām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vaiṣṇava (वैष्णव प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case), बहुवचन

• tu: indeed; but
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (तु अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/विरोधार्थक-निपात

• sannidhau: in the presence; nearby
• sannidhau: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sannidhi (सन्निधि प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन

• dvārakāyāḥ: of Dvārakā
• dvārakāyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvārakā (द्वारका प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (च अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

• māhātmyam: glory; greatness (māhātmya)
• māhātmyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māhātmya (माहात्म्य प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

• paṭhiṣyati: will recite
• paṭhiṣyati: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: paṭh (पठ् धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• jita-indriyaḥ: self-controlled; one who has conquered the senses
• jita-indriyaḥ: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jita (जित; √ji जि धातोः क्त-प्रत्यय) + indriya (इन्द्रिय प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (object-determinative): 'जितानि इन्द्रियाणि येन' (one whose senses are conquered); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Pitṛs (ancestors), as quoted within the Dvārakā-māhātmya context

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A self-controlled devotee reads the Dvārakā-māhātmya aloud to a circle of Vaiṣṇavas; listeners sit attentively with tilaka, some holding prayer beads.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs
• Vaiṣṇavas
• Dvārakā-māhātmya
• Jitendriya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Scriptural recitation becomes most fruitful when joined with self-restraint and satsanga (the company of devotees).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, through its māhātmya recitation among Vaiṣṇavas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pāṭha (recitation) of Dvārakā’s māhātmya in Vaiṣṇava-sannidhi, with jitendriya discipline.