Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

गृहे यस्य सदा तिष्ठेद्गोपीचन्दनमृत्तिका । द्वारका तिष्ठते तत्र कृष्णेन सहिता कलौ

Transliteration

gṛhe yasya sadā tiṣṭhedgopīcandanamṛttikā | dvārakā tiṣṭhate tatra kṛṣṇena sahitā kalau

Translation

ज्याच्या घरी गोपीचंदनाची मृत्तिका सदैव असते, कलियुगात त्या ठिकाणी श्रीकृष्णासह द्वारका वास करते.

Word by Word

• gṛhe: in the house
• gṛhe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gṛha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; Locative singular

• yasya: of whom/whose
• yasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; Genitive singular

• sadā: always
• sadā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of time)

• tiṣṭhet: may remain/should stay
• tiṣṭhet: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sthā (धाातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; parasmaipada

• gopīcandanamṛttikā: the clay of gopī-sandal (gopī-candana)
• gopīcandanamṛttikā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gopī-candana-mṛttikā (प्रातिपदिक; गोपी + चन्दन + मृत्तिका)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; Nominative singular

• dvārakā: Dvārakā
• dvārakā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvārakā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; Nominative singular

• tiṣṭhate: stands/remains
• tiṣṭhate: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sthā (धाातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; ātmanepada

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of place)

• kṛṣṇena: with Kṛṣṇa
• kṛṣṇena: Sahakāraka (Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛṣṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; Instrumental singular

• sahitā: accompanied (together)
• sahitā: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sahita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √sah (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; past participle used adjectivally

• kalau: in the Kali age
• kalau: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kali (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; Locative singular

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Dvārakā Māhātmya context)

Characters & Entities

• Gopīcandana
• Dvārakā
• Kṛṣṇa
• Kali Yuga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred presence is invoked through devotion and sanctifying Vaiṣṇava symbols; a home becomes spiritually equivalent to Dvārakā.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā is glorified as mystically present wherever gopīcandana is reverently kept.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Keeping gopīcandana clay in one’s home (and by implication using it for Vaiṣṇava tilaka/pūjā) is praised.