Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

द्वारावत्या प्लावितायां समंतात्सागरेण हि । कथं स भगवांस्तत्र कलौ दैत्य प्रकीर्त्यते

Transliteration

dvārāvatyā plāvitāyāṃ samaṃtātsāgareṇa hi | kathaṃ sa bhagavāṃstatra kalau daitya prakīrtyate

Translation

เมื่อทวาราวตีถูกมหาสมุทรท่วมล้อมรอบทุกด้านแล้ว โอ้ทัยตยะ ในกาลียุค พระภควานนั้นจะถูกกล่าวว่าประทับอยู่ที่นั่นได้อย่างไร

Word by Word

• dvārāvatyām: in Dvārāvatī
• dvārāvatyām: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvārāvatī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (place-name)

• plāvitāyām: (when it was) flooded
• plāvitāyām: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: plāvita (√plu/√plāv धातु, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय (past passive participle) used adjectivally; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; dvārāvatyām इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• samantāt: on all sides
• samantāt: Deśa (Spatial modifier/देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: samantāt (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• sāgareṇa: by the ocean
• sāgareṇa: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāgara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (instrumental)

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; emphasis/indeed)

• katham: how
• katham: Prakāra (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: katham (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रश्न-अव्यय (interrogative adverb)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• bhagavān: the Blessed Lord
• bhagavān: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• kalau: in the Kali (age)
• kalau: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kali (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Kali age)

• daitya: O Daitya
• daitya: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daitya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन (vocative address)

• prakīrtyate: is proclaimed
• prakīrtyate: Kriyā (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√kīrt (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान/Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive): ‘is proclaimed’

Speaker

Ṛṣis (sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā/Dvārāvatī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A questioner points toward a sea-engulfed Dvārakā; waves surround submerged palaces while a subtle divine aura indicates the Lord’s continued presence in Kali-yuga.

Characters & Entities

• Dvārāvatī
• Sāgara (ocean)
• Bhagavān
• Kali Yuga
• Daitya (address to Prahlāda)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha’s spiritual reality can transcend physical change; the sages seek the deeper principle behind Dvārakā’s sanctity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārāvatī/Dvārakā, discussed in relation to its submergence and continued holiness in Kali Yuga.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is an inquiry establishing the doctrinal basis for Dvārakā’s ongoing māhātmya.