Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

माधवे शुक्लपक्षे तु त्रिस्पृशां द्वादशीं यदि । लभते द्वारकायां तु नास्ति धन्यतरस्ततः

Transliteration

mādhave śuklapakṣe tu trispṛśāṃ dvādaśīṃ yadi | labhate dvārakāyāṃ tu nāsti dhanyatarastataḥ

Translation

माधवे शुक्लपक्षे तु यदि त्रिस्पृशा द्वादशी लभ्यते द्वारकायाम्; ततो धन्यतरः कश्चिन्नास्ति।

Word by Word

• mādhave: in Mādhava (month)
• mādhave: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mādhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; मास-नाम (माधव-मासे)

• śuklapakṣe: in the bright fortnight
• śuklapakṣe: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śukla (प्रातिपदिक) + pakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समासः (शुक्लः पक्षः)

• tu: indeed
• tu: Connector (अन्वय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/अन्वयार्थक-अव्यय (but/indeed)

• trispṛśām: the ‘trispṛśā’ (touching three)
• trispṛśām: Adjective (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tri (प्रातिपदिक) + spṛś (धातु) → spṛśā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः (त्रीणि स्पृशति/स्पर्शाः यस्याः) — तिथेः विशेषणम्

• dvādaśīm: the Dvādaśī (12th lunar day)
• dvādaśīm: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvādaśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (तिथि-नाम)

• yadi: if
• yadi: Condition marker (शर्त)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तार्थक-अव्यय (conditional: if)

• labhate: obtains
• labhate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: labh (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• dvārakāyām: in Dvārakā
• dvārakāyām: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvārakā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (स्थान-नाम)

• tu: indeed
• tu: Connector (अन्वय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अन्वयार्थक-अव्यय

• na: not
• na: Modifier (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय

• asti: exists
• asti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• dhanyataraḥ: more blessed
• dhanyataraḥ: Predicate (विधेय-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dhanya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तरप्-प्रत्यय (comparative: more blessed)

• tataḥ: than that
• tataḥ: Comparison base (अपादानार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: तस्मात्-अर्थे अव्यय (ablatival adverb: than that/from that)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced: Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa māhātmya narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A calendar-marked sacred day in Dwārakā: pilgrims with vrata marks, lamps, and tulasī; priests announcing Trispṛśā Dvādaśī; temple flags fluttering under a bright Vaiśākha sky.

Characters & Entities

• Mādhava (Vaiśākha)
• Śukla-pakṣa
• Trispṛśā Dvādaśī
• Dwārakā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Auspicious time (tithi) combined with auspicious place (Dwārakā) greatly magnifies spiritual merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dwārakā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Observing/obtaining Trispṛśā Dvādaśī during the bright fortnight of Mādhava (Vaiśākha), particularly while in Dwārakā.