Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 167

Devanagari script

ससागरधरायां च सर्वतीर्थेषु यत्फलम् । दिनेनैकेन तत्पुण्यं द्वारकाकृष्णसन्निधौ

Transliteration

sasāgaradharāyāṃ ca sarvatīrtheṣu yatphalam | dinenaikena tatpuṇyaṃ dvārakākṛṣṇasannidhau

Translation

Apa jua hasil yang diperoleh di semua tīrtha di seluruh bumi yang dilingkungi lautan, pahala yang sama itu diperoleh dalam satu hari sahaja di Dvārakā, di hadapan Kṛṣṇa.

Word by Word

• स: with
• स: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स (अव्यय/उपसर्ग-सदृश)
• Form: सह-अर्थक अव्यय (prefix-like ‘with’)

• सागर: ocean
• सागर: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सागर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषे पूर्वपद-सम्बन्धः, एकवचन (stem in compound)

• धरायाम्: on the earth (with oceans)
• धरायाम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धरा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; ‘स-सागर-धरायाम्’ = (earth) with ocean; अधिकरणम् (locative)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• सर्व: all
• सर्व: Visheshana (Adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक; ‘सर्व-तीर्थेषु’ इत्यत्र पूर्वपद (all)

• तीर्थेषु: in all tīrthas
• तीर्थेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, बहुवचन; ‘सर्व-तीर्थेषु’ = कर्मधारय (all holy places); अधिकरणम्

• यत्: which
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-शब्दः (relative ‘which’)

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

• दिनेन: by (in) a day
• दिनेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; करणम् (by/within a day)

• एकेन: one
• एकेन: Visheshana (Adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘dinena’)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; निर्देशः (that)

• पुण्यम्: merit
• पुण्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विषय/फल-रूपम् (merit)

• द्वारका: of Dvārakā
• द्वारका: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वारका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषे पूर्वपद-सम्बन्धः, एकवचन (stem in compound)

• कृष्ण: of Kṛṣṇa
• कृष्ण: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषे पूर्वपद-सम्बन्धः, एकवचन (stem in compound)

• सन्निधौ: in the presence (near)
• सन्निधौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सन्निधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; ‘द्वारका-कृष्ण-सन्निधौ’ = षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः; अधिकरणम् (in the presence)

Speaker

Pitṛs (ancestral beings)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: द्वारका-क्षेत्र (Kṛṣṇa-sannidhi)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims arrive at Dvārakā; the temple of Kṛṣṇa radiates; a symbolic map-like aura shows many tīrthas merging into the kṣetra as if rivers of merit flow into one sanctum.

Characters & Entities

• Dvārakā
• Kṛṣṇa
• Sarva-tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dvārakā is exalted as a supremely concentrated field of merit: proximity to Kṛṣṇa there is said to equal the fruits of all tīrthas.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, specifically ‘Kṛṣṇa-sannidhi’—the holy presence/abode of Śrī Kṛṣṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Spending even one day in Dvārakā in devotion and proximity to Kṛṣṇa is implied as a powerful religious observance.