Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

सर्वान्कामानवाप्नोति विष्णुलोकं स गच्छति । पुत्रपौत्रसमायुक्तः परं सुखमवाप्नुयात्

Transliteration

sarvānkāmānavāpnoti viṣṇulokaṃ sa gacchati | putrapautrasamāyuktaḥ paraṃ sukhamavāpnuyāt

Translation

அவன் எல்லா விருப்பங்களையும் அடைந்து விஷ்ணுலோகத்திற்குச் செல்கிறான்; புத்ர-பௌத்திரங்களுடன் கூடி பரம சுகத்தை அடைகிறான்।

Word by Word

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; ‘all’ qualifying कामान्

• कामान्: desires
• कामान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; accusative plural ‘desires’

• अवाप्नोति: attains
• अवाप्नोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव-आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘attains’

• विष्णुलोकम्: Viṣṇu’s world
• विष्णुलोकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णुलोक (प्रातिपदिक) = विष्णु + लोक
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; accusative ‘Viṣṇu’s world’

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; pronoun ‘he’

• गच्छति: goes
• गच्छति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘goes’

• पुत्रपौत्रसमायुक्तः: accompanied by sons and grandsons
• पुत्रपौत्रसमायुक्तः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुत्रपौत्रसमायुक्त (प्रातिपदिक) = पुत्र + पौत्र + सम्-आ-युक्त
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; adjective ‘accompanied by sons and grandsons’ qualifying सः

• परम्: supreme
• परम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘supreme’ qualifying सुखम्

• सुखम्: happiness
• सुखम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; accusative ‘happiness’

• अवाप्नुयात्: may attain
• अवाप्नुयात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव-आप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘may/should attain’

Speaker

Narratorial voice (contextual phalaśruti within Dvārakā Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (contextual) audience of the māhātmya

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee at Dvārakā completes offerings and is shown in a visionary transition: the ocean-temple fades into a radiant Viṣṇuloka/ Vaikuṇṭha-like realm, while behind him a harmonious family line (sons and grandsons) stands in blessing.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional hearing and faith in the Māhātmya culminate in both worldly fulfillment and the highest divine destiny.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, praised in the Dvārakā Māhātmya section of the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is stated here; the merit is framed as a result of devotional engagement with the sacred account (phalaśruti context).