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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 95

विस्तारयंति लोकेऽस्मिंल्लिखितं यस्य वेश्मनि । प्रत्यक्षं द्वारकापुण्यं प्राप्यते कृष्णसंभवम्

vistārayaṃti loke'smiṃllikhitaṃ yasya veśmani | pratyakṣaṃ dvārakāpuṇyaṃ prāpyate kṛṣṇasaṃbhavam

В этом мире тот, в чьём доме это (махатмья) записано и распространяется, непосредственно обретает заслугу Двараки — заслугу, рожденную Кришной и даруемую Кришной.

विस्तारयन्तिthey spread/propagate
विस्तारयन्ति:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootविस्तारय् (धातु; √स्तॄ/स्तृ + णिच् causative)
Formलट् (Present), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (plural)
लोकेin the world
लोके:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootलोक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (masculine), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (singular)
अस्मिन्in this
अस्मिन्:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (masc/neut), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (singular)
लिखितम्written
लिखितम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootलिख् (धातु; √लिख्) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (singular)
यस्यwhose
यस्य:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (singular)
वेश्मनिin the house
वेश्मनि:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootवेश्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (singular)
प्रत्यक्षम्directly; manifest
प्रत्यक्षम्:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रत्यक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (singular)
द्वारकापुण्यम्the merit of Dvārakā
द्वारकापुण्यम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootद्वारका (प्रातिपदिक) + पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative: 'of Dvārakā'), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (singular)
प्राप्यतेis obtained
प्राप्यते:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + आप् (धातु; √आप्)
Formलट् (Present), आत्मनेपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular), कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)
कृष्णसम्भवम्born of/caused by Kṛṣṇa
कृष्णसम्भवम्:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootकृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक) + सम्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative: 'arising from Kṛṣṇa'), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (singular)

Mārkaṇḍeya (deduced from section flow)

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Listener: Indradyumna

Scene: A devotee’s home where the Dvārakā-māhātmya is carefully written and displayed; a small shrine to Kṛṣṇa, lamp lit, visitors reading and copying the text.

D
Dvārakā
K
Kṛṣṇa

FAQs

Preserving, writing, and sharing sacred māhātmyas is itself a dharmic act that makes tīrtha-merit accessible even beyond physical travel.

Dvārakā, whose merit is said to be manifest through Kṛṣṇa.

Keeping the māhātmya written in one’s home and disseminating it (propagation of the sacred text).