Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 73

Devanagari script

एकेनैवोपवासेन त्रिस्पृशासंभवेन हि । द्वारकायाः प्रसादेन मद्दृष्ट्यालोकनेन हि

Transliteration

ekenaivopavāsena trispṛśāsaṃbhavena hi | dvārakāyāḥ prasādena maddṛṣṭyālokanena hi

Translation

ഒറ്റ ഉപവാസം കൊണ്ടുതന്നെ—വിശേഷിച്ച് ശുഭ ത്രിസ്പൃശാ വ്രതബന്ധമായ ഉപവാസം കൊണ്ടു—ദ്വാരകയുടെ പ്രസാദത്താലും എന്റെ ദർശനമാത്രത്താലും മഹത്തായ ആത്മിക ഫലം ലഭിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• एकेन: with one
• एकेन: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया, एकवचन; संख्याविशेषण (qualifying उपवासेन)

• एव: indeed; only
• एव: Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण-निपात (emphatic particle)

• उपवासेन: by fasting
• उपवासेन: Karana (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपवास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया, एकवचन

• त्रिस्पृशासंभवेन: by the occurrence of the ‘trispṛśā’ (auspicious conjunction)
• त्रिस्पृशासंभवेन: Karana/Hetu (Instrument/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिस्पृशा (प्रातिपदिक) + संभव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (त्रिस्पृशायाः संभवः/सम्भवेन); पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया, एकवचन

• हि: indeed; for
• हि: Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; हेत्वर्थक/निश्चयार्थक-निपात (indeed/for)

• द्वारकायाः: of Dvārakā
• द्वारकायाः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वारका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; षष्ठी, एकवचन

• प्रसादेन: by the grace
• प्रसादेन: Karana/Hetu (Instrument/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया, एकवचन

• मद्दृष्ट्या: by my sight
• मद्दृष्ट्या: Karana (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत् (अस्मद्-षष्ठी-समास-रूप) + दृष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (मम दृष्टिः); स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया, एकवचन

• आलोकनेन: by beholding
• आलोकनेन: Karana (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-लोक् (धातु)
• Form: ल्युट्/अन (verbal noun) ‘seeing/beholding’; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया, एकवचन

• हि: indeed
• हि: Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थक-निपात

Speaker

Śiva (deduced from nearby reference to śivabhakti and mamārcanam)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee undertakes a single-day fast and approaches the Lord in Dvārakā; the moment of darśana is highlighted as the decisive spiritual catalyst, with calendrical symbolism of Trispṛśā.

Characters & Entities

• Dvārakā
• Trispṛśā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even a single disciplined act like fasting, when joined to sacred timing and sincere darśana, becomes a powerful vehicle of grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā is praised as a grace-bestowing holy city whose darśana yields merit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Upavāsa (fasting), particularly in connection with Trispṛśā, along with darśana (beholding the Lord).