Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

द्वारकां गंतुकामं यः प्रत्यहं कुरुते नरः । फलमाप्नोति मनुजः कुरुक्षेत्रसमुद्भवम्

Transliteration

dvārakāṃ gaṃtukāmaṃ yaḥ pratyahaṃ kurute naraḥ | phalamāpnoti manujaḥ kurukṣetrasamudbhavam

Translation

ദിവസേന ദ്വാരകയിലേക്കു പോകുവാൻ ഹൃദയപൂർവ്വം സംकल्पം ചെയ്യുന്ന മനുഷ്യൻ, കുരുക്ഷേത്ര തീർത്ഥഫലമായ പുണ്യം പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു।

Word by Word

• द्वारकाम्: Dvārakā
• द्वारकाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वारका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म (destination)

• गन्तुकामम्: desirous of going
• गन्तुकामम्: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गन्तु-काम (प्रातिपदिक; गम् (धातु) + तुमुन् ‘गन्तु’ + काम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषण (desirous to go)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक (relative pronoun)

• प्रत्यहम्: every day
• प्रत्यहम्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति-अहम् (अव्ययीभाव-समास; प्रति + अहन्)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: every day)

• कुरुते: does, makes
• कुरुते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/वर्तमान), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्ता

• फलम्: fruit, result
• फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म

• आप्नोति: attains
• आप्नोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/वर्तमान), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• मनुजः: the person
• मनुजः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनुज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्ता (पुनरुक्त-कर्ता/सम्बोधनार्थ-न)

• कुरुक्षेत्रसमुद्भवम्: arising from (a visit to) Kurukṣetra
• कुरुक्षेत्रसमुद्भवम्: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कुरुक्षेत्र-समुद्भव (प्रातिपदिक; कुरुक्षेत्र + समुद्भव)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying फलम्)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (contextual continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā (as intended destination) / Kurukṣetra (as merit benchmark)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee at home performing dawn saṅkalpa facing west toward the sea, visualizing Dvārakā; a faint overlay shows Kurukṣetra’s sacred field to indicate the merit equivalence.

Characters & Entities

• Dvārakā
• Kurukṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

In Purāṇic dharma, sincere resolve (saṅkalpa) and steady longing for a tīrtha carry real spiritual potency, even before the journey occurs.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā is praised, with Kurukṣetra used as a comparator for the resulting merit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Maintain a daily intention/saṅkalpa to go to Dvārakā.