Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

आलोड्य सर्वशास्त्राणि पुराणानि पुनःपुनः । मया दृष्टा महीपाल न द्वारकासमा पुरी

Transliteration

āloḍya sarvaśāstrāṇi purāṇāni punaḥpunaḥ | mayā dṛṣṭā mahīpāla na dvārakāsamā purī

Translation

Setelah meneliti dan ‘menggiling’ semua śāstra serta Purāṇa berulang kali, wahai penguasa bumi, aku melihat bahawa tiada kota yang setara dengan Dvārakā.

Word by Word

• आलोड्य: having churned/consulted thoroughly
• आलोड्य: Kriya (पूर्वकर्म/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ√लुड् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया; धातु: आ√लुड्

• सर्वशास्त्राणि: all treatises
• सर्वशास्त्राणि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + शास्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन; समास: सर्वाणि शास्त्राणि

• पुराणानि: the Purāṇas
• पुराणानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुराण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb); पुनरुक्ति द्वारा आवृत्तिः

• मया: by me
• मया: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• दृष्टा: seen/found
• दृष्टा: Kriya (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; (पुर्या सह विशेषणभाव)

• महीपाल: O king
• महीपाल: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महीपाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/vocative), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation particle)

• द्वारकासमा: equal to Dvārakā
• द्वारकासमा: Visheshana (Adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वारका (प्रातिपदिक) + सम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; समास: द्वारकायाः समा (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• पुरी: city
• पुरी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Dvārakā Māhātmya context; addressing a king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahi-pāla/bhūpa (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage-scholar sits with palm-leaf manuscripts and Purāṇic scrolls, as if ‘churning’ them; behind him rises a radiant vision of Dvārakā’s golden city by the sea, surpassing other faintly sketched sacred cities.

Characters & Entities

• Dvārakā
• Śāstras
• Purāṇas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Scriptural consensus is invoked to affirm Dvārakā’s unparalleled sanctity, inspiring faith in tīrtha-yātrā and devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā is explicitly declared unequaled among cities.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed; the verse functions as a scriptural endorsement of Dvārakā’s preeminence for pilgrimage and worship.