Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

लिखितं तिष्ठते यस्य गृहे तत्तीर्थमेव च । बलाच्छुणुष्व माहात्म्यं द्वारकायाः समुद्भवम्

Transliteration

likhitaṃ tiṣṭhate yasya gṛhe tattīrthameva ca | balācchuṇuṣva māhātmyaṃ dvārakāyāḥ samudbhavam

Translation

ଯାହାର ଘରେ ଏହାର ଲିଖିତ ପ୍ରତି ରହିଥାଏ, ତାହାର ଘର ନିଜେ ନିଜେ ତୀର୍ଥ ଅଟେ। ତେଣୁ ଶ୍ରଦ୍ଧାରେ ଦ୍ୱାରକାରୁ ସମୁଦ୍ଭବ ଦ୍ୱାରକା-ମାହାତ୍ମ୍ୟ ଶୁଣ।

Word by Word

• लिखितम्: (the) written (text)
• लिखितम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लिख् (धातु) + क्त (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (माहात्म्यम् इत्यर्थे)

• तिष्ठते: remains/stands
• तिष्ठते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• यस्य: whose
• यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धे (relative)

• गृहे: in (his) house
• गृहे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; निर्देशार्थक

• तीर्थम्: a sacred place
• तीर्थम्: Visheshya (Predicate nominal/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• एव: indeed, itself
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• बलात्: urgently, forcibly
• बलात्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: बलात् (अव्यय; बल (प्रातिपदिक) + तसिल्)
• Form: तसिलन्त-अव्यय (adverb: forcibly/urgently)

• शृणुष्व: listen
• शृणुष्व: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• माहात्म्यम्: the glory (account)
• माहात्म्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• द्वारकायाः: of Dvārakā
• द्वारकायाः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वारका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• समुद्भवम्: arisen from/connected with
• समुद्भवम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समुद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (माहात्म्यम् इति)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā Māhātmya (as a sanctifying object)

Type: kshetra (domesticated as gṛha-tīrtha)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage audience (not explicit)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A manuscript of Dvārakā Māhātmya rests on a decorated stand in a household shrine; the home subtly appears as a tīrtha with lotus motifs, tīrtha-water pot, and a vision of Dvārakā’s gates superimposed.

Characters & Entities

• Dvārakā
• Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred geography becomes portable through devotion: preserving Dvārakā’s māhātmya sanctifies the household and encourages śravaṇa (listening) as a living practice of dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā; additionally, the home that keeps the written māhātmya is described as becoming a tīrtha-like space.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Keeping a written copy at home (likhitaṃ tiṣṭhate) and listening to the māhātmya (śravaṇa).