Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 43

Devanagari script

माहात्म्यं द्वारकायास्तु अथवा यः शृणोति च । विशेषेण तु वैशाख्यां जयंत्याश्चैव जागरे

Transliteration

māhātmyaṃ dvārakāyāstu athavā yaḥ śṛṇoti ca | viśeṣeṇa tu vaiśākhyāṃ jayaṃtyāścaiva jāgare

Translation

Ou quem ouvir a grandeza de Dvārakā—especialmente no mês de Vaiśākha e na vigília noturna (jāgara) de Jayantī—recebe mérito excepcional.

Word by Word

• माहात्म्यम्: the greatness (glory)
• माहात्म्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• द्वारकायाः: of Dvārakā
• द्वारकायाः: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वारका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/विरोधार्थक-निपात (emphatic/contrastive particle)

• अथवा: or else
• अथवा: Sambandha (Discourse/विकल्प)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथवा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-अव्यय (disjunctive particle)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सम्बन्धे (relative pronoun)

• शृणोति: hears
• शृणोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (present, 3rd sg, active)

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

• विशेषेण: especially
• विशेषेण: Kriya-Visheshana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-एकवचनरूपेण अव्ययीभाव (adverbial instrumental: 'especially')

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधानार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• वैशाख्याम्: in (the month of) Vaiśākha
• वैशाख्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैशाखी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; मास-नाम (locative: in Vaiśākha)

• जयंत्याः: of Jayantī (tithi/festival)
• जयंत्याः: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जयन्ती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

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

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (restrictive particle)

• जागरे: during the night-vigil
• जागरे: Adhikarana (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जागर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; 'जागर' = रात्रौ जागरणम् (locative: in the vigil)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A night-time assembly in Dvārakā: devotees seated with lamps, listening to a reciter narrate Dvārakā-māhātmya; the sea breeze, temple spire, and Kṛṣṇa’s presence felt. A calendar cue: Vaiśākha moon and ‘Jayantī’ vigil atmosphere.

Characters & Entities

• Dvārakā
• Vaiśākha
• Jayantī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Hearing sacred-place glorification (māhātmya-śravaṇa) is itself a potent devotional act, intensified by auspicious calendrical times.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, explicitly through its māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Listening to Dvārakā Māhātmya, particularly in Vaiśākha and during the Jayantī night-vigil (jāgara).