Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

माघ्यां च फाल्गुने चैत्रे ज्येष्ठे चैव विशेषतः । अद्यापि द्वारका पुण्या कलावपि विशेषतः

Transliteration

māghyāṃ ca phālgune caitre jyeṣṭhe caiva viśeṣataḥ | adyāpi dvārakā puṇyā kalāvapi viśeṣataḥ

Translation

మాఘం, ఫాల్గుణం, చైత్రం, జ్యేష్ఠం—ప్రత్యేకంగా ఈ మాసాలలో—ద్వారకా మహాపుణ్యక్షేత్రం. నేటికీ, కలియుగంలోనూ, అది విశేషంగా పవిత్రమే.

Word by Word

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

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

• फाल्गुने: in Phālguna
• फाल्गुने: Adhikarana (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फाल्गुन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; मास-नाम (locative: in Phālguna)

• चैत्रे: in Caitra
• चैत्रे: Adhikarana (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चैत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; मास-नाम (locative: in Caitra)

• ज्येष्ठे: in Jyeṣṭha
• ज्येष्ठे: Adhikarana (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्येष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; मास-नाम (locative: in Jyeṣṭha)

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

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

• विशेषतः: particularly
• विशेषतः: Kriya-Visheshana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेषतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: particularly)

• अद्यापि: even today/still
• अद्यापि: Kriya-Visheshana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य + अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्ययसमूह (temporal adverb: even today/still)

• द्वारका: Dvārakā
• द्वारका: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वारका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• पुण्या: holy
• पुण्या: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (agreeing with द्वारका)

• कलौ: in the Kali age
• कलौ: Adhikarana (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; 'कलियुगे' (locative: in Kali age)

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्भावना/समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (particle: also/even)

• विशेषतः: especially
• विशेषतः: Kriya-Visheshana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेषतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: especially)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇas/pilgrims (explicitly addressed in nearby verses)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A panoramic vision of sea-girt Dvārakā with temples and ghāṭas, pilgrims arriving in the auspicious months; a subtle calendar motif (Māgha, Phālguna, Caitra, Jyeṣṭha) hovering like seasonal banners.

Characters & Entities

• Dvārakā
• Māgha
• Phālguna
• Caitra
• Jyeṣṭha
• Kali-yuga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dvārakā’s sanctity is enduring and even heightened in Kali-yuga, with particular months emphasized for intensified merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā as a puṇya-kṣetra (highly meritorious sacred place).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse highlights auspicious months for Dvārakā-related religious activity and pilgrimage, though it does not specify a single rite.