Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 178

Devanagari script

तुलसीकाष्ठसंभूतां यो मालां वहते नरः । फलं यच्छति दैत्यारिः प्रत्यहं द्वारकोद्भवम्

Transliteration

tulasīkāṣṭhasaṃbhūtāṃ yo mālāṃ vahate naraḥ | phalaṃ yacchati daityāriḥ pratyahaṃ dvārakodbhavam

Translation

തുളസിക്കട്ടിൽ നിന്നുണ്ടായ മാല ധരിക്കുന്ന മനുഷ്യന് ദൈത്യാരി (ഹരി/കൃഷ്ണൻ) ദിനംപ്രതി ദ്വാരകാജന്യ പുണ്യഫലം നൽകുന്നു.

Word by Word

• tulasīkāṣṭhasaṃbhūtām: made from tulasī wood
• tulasīkāṣṭhasaṃbhūtām: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tulasī (प्रातिपदिक) + kāṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक) + sam-bhū (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त-विशेषण; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (tulasī-kāṣṭhāt saṃbhūtā = ‘arisen from tulasī wood’)

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक-सर्वनाम

• mālām: garland
• mālām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mālā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• vahate: carries/wears
• vahate: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vah (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• naraḥ: man; person
• naraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• phalam: fruit; reward
• phalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• yacchati: gives
• yacchati: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yam (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• daityāriḥ: the enemy of the Daityas (Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa)
• daityāriḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daitya (प्रातिपदिक) + ari (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (daityānām ariḥ)

• pratyaham: every day
• pratyaham: Kala-adhikarana (Temporal adjunct/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prati (अव्यय) + ahan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• dvārakodbhavam: originating from Dvārakā
• dvārakodbhavam: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dvārakā (प्रातिपदिक) + ud-bhū (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त-विशेषण; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (dvārakāyāḥ udbhavam = ‘arisen from Dvārakā’) विशेषण (of phalam)

Speaker

Traditional Māhātmya narrator (contextual; exact speaker not in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee holds a tulasī-wood rosary, counting beads at dawn; behind him, the sea and Dvārakā’s silhouette suggest the city’s sanctity flowing into daily practice.

Characters & Entities

• Tulasī
• Daityāri (Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa)
• Dvārakā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A life marked by constant devotion (wearing tulasī rosary) draws continuous divine grace and merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dwārakā, whose sanctity is said to generate daily spiritual fruit for the devotee.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Wearing a mālā made of tulasī wood.