Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

तथा मनोरथावाप्तिर्यात्रा च सफला भवेत् । सर्वतीर्थफलावाप्तिं लभते नात्र संशयः

Transliteration

tathā manorathāvāptiryātrā ca saphalā bhavet | sarvatīrthaphalāvāptiṃ labhate nātra saṃśayaḥ

Translation

Assim, os desejos mais caros são alcançados e a peregrinação torna-se frutuosa. Obtêm-se os frutos de todos os tīrthas—disso não há dúvida.

Word by Word

• तथा: thus, likewise
• तथा: Prakara (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारार्थक-अव्यय (adverb)

• मनोरथावाप्तिः: attainment of desires
• मनोरथावाप्तिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनोरथ (प्रातिपदिक) + आवाप्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; समासः—मनोरथस्य आवाप्तिः इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः

• यात्रा: the pilgrimage/journey
• यात्रा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यात्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• सफला: fruitful, successful
• सफला: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सफल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; यात्रेति विशेषणम्

• भवेत्: would become
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधिलिङ्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• सर्वतीर्थफलावाप्तिम्: attainment of the fruits of all tīrthas
• सर्वतीर्थफलावाप्तिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + फल (प्रातिपदिक) + आवाप्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; समासः—(सर्वेषां तीर्थानां फलानाम्) आवाप्तिः इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष-प्रधानः (बहुपदसमासः)

• लभते: obtains
• लभते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• न: no/not
• न: Nishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय; अत्र 'नात्र' इत्यत्र संधौ

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb: 'here')

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified (concluding assurance within Dvārakā Māhātmya passage)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā-kṣetra (general phala-śruti)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvija-śreṣṭhas / brāhmaṇas (addressed audience)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims arriving at Dvārakā’s sacred precincts, carrying water-pots and offerings, with the sea and temple spires in the background; a textual banner-like emphasis on ‘sarvatīrtha-phala’.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A properly performed tīrtha-yātrā is not symbolic alone—it culminates in fulfilled aims and comprehensive spiritual merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā and its tīrtha-network, presented as conferring sarva-tīrtha-phala.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse summarizes the outcome of the prescribed practices (snāna, dāna, śrāddha/tarpaṇa) that make the yātrā truly fruitful.