Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

गच्छगच्छ महाभाग द्वारकामिति यो वदेत् । तस्यावलोकनादेव मुच्यते सर्वपातकैः

Transliteration

gacchagaccha mahābhāga dvārakāmiti yo vadet | tasyāvalokanādeva mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ

Translation

ആർ ‘പോ, പോ, ഹേ മഹാഭാഗാ, ദ്വാരകയിലേക്കു’ എന്നു പറയുന്നു, അവനെ വെറും ദർശിച്ചതിനാൽ മാത്രമേ മനുഷ്യൻ എല്ലാ പാപങ്ങളിൽ നിന്നുമുക്തനാകൂ.

Word by Word

• गच्छ: go
• गच्छ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपदम्; धातु: गम्

• गच्छ: go (again/emphatically)
• गच्छ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपदम्; धातु: गम् (पुनरुक्ति/Emphasis)

• महाभाग: O fortunate one
• महाभाग: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महā (प्रातिपदिक) + भाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

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

• इति: thus/“as”
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/इत्यर्थक अव्यय (quotative particle)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• वदेत्: should say/utters
• वदेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वद् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपदम्; धातु: वद्

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Masc/Neut), षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• अवलोकनात्: from (the act of) seeing
• अवलोकनात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source/हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवलोकन (प्रातिपदिक; √लोक्/लोकय्-भाव)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन (Singular)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/अवधारण अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• मुच्यते: is freed
• मुच्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपदम्; कर्मणि प्रयोग (Passive)

• सर्वपातकैः: from all sins
• सर्वपातकैः: Apadana/Hetu (From/By—sins as source of release/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन (Plural)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced from Prabhāsakhaṇḍa māhātmya-style narration)

Characters & Entities

• Dvārakā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even supporting and inspiring pilgrimage to a holy place becomes spiritually purifying for oneself and others.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, the sacred city of Kṛṣṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Vāṅmaya-sevā—speaking words that direct others toward Dvārakā pilgrimage.