Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 167

Devanagari script

ससागरधरायां च सर्वतीर्थेषु यत्फलम् । दिनेनैकेन तत्पुण्यं द्वारकाकृष्णसन्निधौ

Transliteration

sasāgaradharāyāṃ ca sarvatīrtheṣu yatphalam | dinenaikena tatpuṇyaṃ dvārakākṛṣṇasannidhau

Translation

സമുദ്രങ്ങളോടുകൂടിയ ഭൂമിയിലെ എല്ലാ തീർത്ഥങ്ങളിലും ലഭിക്കുന്ന ഫലം ഏതാണ്, അതേ പുണ്യം ദ്വാരകയിൽ ശ്രീകൃഷ്ണസന്നിധിയിൽ ഒരേ ദിവസത്തിൽ ലഭിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• स: with
• स: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स (अव्यय/उपसर्ग-सदृश)
• Form: सह-अर्थक अव्यय (prefix-like ‘with’)

• सागर: ocean
• सागर: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सागर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषे पूर्वपद-सम्बन्धः, एकवचन (stem in compound)

• धरायाम्: on the earth (with oceans)
• धरायाम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धरा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; ‘स-सागर-धरायाम्’ = (earth) with ocean; अधिकरणम् (locative)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• सर्व: all
• सर्व: Visheshana (Adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक; ‘सर्व-तीर्थेषु’ इत्यत्र पूर्वपद (all)

• तीर्थेषु: in all tīrthas
• तीर्थेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, बहुवचन; ‘सर्व-तीर्थेषु’ = कर्मधारय (all holy places); अधिकरणम्

• यत्: which
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-शब्दः (relative ‘which’)

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विषय/कर्म (result/fruit)

• दिनेन: by (in) a day
• दिनेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; करणम् (by/within a day)

• एकेन: one
• एकेन: Visheshana (Adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘dinena’)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; निर्देशः (that)

• पुण्यम्: merit
• पुण्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विषय/फल-रूपम् (merit)

• द्वारका: of Dvārakā
• द्वारका: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वारका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषे पूर्वपद-सम्बन्धः, एकवचन (stem in compound)

• कृष्ण: of Kṛṣṇa
• कृष्ण: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषे पूर्वपद-सम्बन्धः, एकवचन (stem in compound)

• सन्निधौ: in the presence (near)
• सन्निधौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सन्निधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; ‘द्वारका-कृष्ण-सन्निधौ’ = षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः; अधिकरणम् (in the presence)

Speaker

Pitṛs (ancestral beings)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: द्वारका-क्षेत्र (Kṛṣṇa-sannidhi)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims arrive at Dvārakā; the temple of Kṛṣṇa radiates; a symbolic map-like aura shows many tīrthas merging into the kṣetra as if rivers of merit flow into one sanctum.

Characters & Entities

• Dvārakā
• Kṛṣṇa
• Sarva-tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dvārakā is exalted as a supremely concentrated field of merit: proximity to Kṛṣṇa there is said to equal the fruits of all tīrthas.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, specifically ‘Kṛṣṇa-sannidhi’—the holy presence/abode of Śrī Kṛṣṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Spending even one day in Dvārakā in devotion and proximity to Kṛṣṇa is implied as a powerful religious observance.