Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 172

Devanagari script

धन्यास्ते मानवाः पुत्र वसन्ति श्वपचादयः । द्वारकायां गतिं यांति वसतां तत्र योगिनाम्

Transliteration

dhanyāste mānavāḥ putra vasanti śvapacādayaḥ | dvārakāyāṃ gatiṃ yāṃti vasatāṃ tatra yoginām

Translation

ดูลูกรัก ชนเหล่านั้นเป็นผู้มีบุญยิ่ง—แม้พวกศวปจะและผู้ต่ำต้อยทั้งหลาย—ผู้พำนักในทวารกา ย่อมบรรลุคติเดียวกับเหล่าโยคีผู้พำนัก ณ ที่นั้น

Word by Word

• धन्याः: blessed
• धन्याः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; विशेषणम्

• ते: those
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• मानवाः: people/men
• मानवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• पुत्र: O son
• पुत्र: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• वसन्ति: live/dwell
• वसन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• श्वपच-आदयः: śvapacas and others
• श्वपच-आदयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्वपच (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (श्वपचः आदिः येषां ते = dog-cookers and others)

• द्वारकायाम्: in Dvārakā
• द्वारकायाम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वारका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• गतिम्: a destiny/attainment
• गतिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• यान्ति: go/attain
• यान्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• वसताम्: of those dwelling
• वसताम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वस् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त (present active participle) from √वस्; पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन (of those dwelling)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of place)

• योगिनाम्: of yogins
• योगिनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योगिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

Speaker

Traditional Māhātmya narrator (contextual; exact speaker not in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: putra (son) addressed by the speaker in the verse

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A diverse crowd—ascetics, householders, and marginalized workers—live and worship together in Dvārakā’s sacred precincts; yogins meditate nearby, and the city’s sanctity radiates equally to all residents.

Characters & Entities

• Dvārakā
• Yogins

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dwārakā is so sanctifying that residence there elevates even socially marginalized people to the yogins’ spiritual goal.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dwārakā (Kṛṣṇa’s sacred city), praised as a place that grants exalted spiritual destiny.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed here; the emphasis is on the merit of dwelling in Dwārakā.