Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

द्वारकां गच्छमानस्य विपत्तिश्च भवेद्यदि । न तस्य पुनरावृत्तिः कल्पकोटिशतैरपि

Transliteration

dvārakāṃ gacchamānasya vipattiśca bhavedyadi | na tasya punarāvṛttiḥ kalpakoṭiśatairapi

Translation

Если на пути в Двараку человека постигнет какое-либо несчастье, то для него нет возвращения в сансару даже по прошествии сотен крор калп.

Word by Word

• द्वारकाम्: Dvārikā (the city)
• द्वारकाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वारका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• गच्छमानस्य: of (one) going
• गच्छमानस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) → गच्छमान (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘going’ (of one who is going)

• विपत्तिः: misfortune, calamity
• विपत्तिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विपत्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• भवेत्: may occur / would be
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• यदि: if
• यदि: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्त-अव्यय (conditional particle)

• न: not
• न: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation)

• तस्य: of him/that person
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (pronoun)

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: काल/पुनरावृत्ति-बोधक अव्यय (adverb)

• आवृत्तिः: return, recurrence
• आवृत्तिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आवृत्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कल्पकोटिशतैः: by hundreds of crores of kalpas
• कल्पकोटिशतैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्प + कोटि + शत (प्रातिपदिकानि)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (समाहार/गणना-समास), तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः—षष्ठी/तत्पुरुषः (कल्पानां कोटिशतानि)

• अपि: even
• अपि: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्भावना/अपवाद-बोधक अव्यय (particle: even/also)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced from Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa māhātmya narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā (as destination sanctifying the yātrā)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim caravan to Dvārakā faces a storm/bandits/illness; despite calamity, a radiant path to the distant temple remains, with Kṛṣṇa’s protective presence hovering above.

Characters & Entities

• Dvārakā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even the intention and act of pilgrimage to Dvārakā is portrayed as so purifying that obstacles faced on the way cannot diminish its liberating merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, praised in the Dvārakā-māhātmya section of the Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa of the Skanda Purāṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite (snāna, dāna, japa, vrata) is prescribed in this verse; it emphasizes the salvific power of the pilgrimage journey itself.