Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

सर्वान्कामानिह प्राप्य याति विष्णुपदं नरः

Transliteration

sarvānkāmāniha prāpya yāti viṣṇupadaṃ naraḥ

Translation

ഇഹലോകത്തിൽ എല്ലാ ആഗ്രഹങ്ങളും ലഭിച്ച ശേഷം മനുഷ്യൻ വിഷ്ണുവിന്റെ പരമപദത്തിലേക്ക് എത്തുന്നു।

Word by Word

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (adjective)

• कामान्: desires
• कामान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• प्राप्य: having obtained
• प्राप्य: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु) + ल्यप् (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यबन्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया (having obtained)

• याति: goes
• याति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• विष्णुपदं: Vishnu’s abode/footstep
• विष्णुपदं: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक) + पद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (विष्णोः पदम्)

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

Speaker

Narratorial voice (concluding phalaśruti within Dvārakā Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā tīrtha sphere (contextually continuing Rukmiṇī-hrada phala)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee, having completed rites, is shown with two horizons: earthly abundance (granaries, family, peace) and a radiant Viṣṇu-pada vision—Vishnu enthroned in Vaikuṇṭha—signifying iha-paratra fulfillment.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma practiced at a sacred site is said to perfect both worldly well-being and the final goal of liberation in Viṣṇu.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The statement concludes the praise of the Dvārakā tīrtha context, especially Rukmiṇī-hrada.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is stated; it seals the promised results of the preceding tīrtha observances.