Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

सोमग्रहे च यत्प्रोक्तं यत्फलं सोमनायके । दृष्ट्वा तत्फलमाप्नोति द्वारवत्यां जनार्द्दनम्

Transliteration

somagrahe ca yatproktaṃ yatphalaṃ somanāyake | dṛṣṭvā tatphalamāpnoti dvāravatyāṃ janārddanam

Translation

ผลบุญใดที่กล่าวไว้ในกาลสุริยคราสแห่งโสม และบุญใดที่ยกย่อง ณ โสมนาถ เมื่อได้เฝ้าดูพระชนารทนะ ณ ทวารวตี ก็ย่อมได้ผลนั้นเอง

Word by Word

• सोमग्रहे: at the Soma-graha (moon-related rite/place)
• सोमग्रहे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोमग्रह (प्रातिपदिक; सोम + ग्रह)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (Locative/7th), एकवचनम्; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सोमस्य ग्रहः)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्ययम् (conjunction)

• यत्: whatever/that which
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Nom./Acc.), एकवचनम्; सम्बन्ध-सूचकं सर्वनाम

• प्रोक्तम्: is said/declared
• प्रोक्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + वच् (धातु) → प्रोक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्तः (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचनम्

• यत्: whatever
• यत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचनम्; ‘फलम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• सोमनायके: at Somanāyaka (a sacred place/temple)
• सोमनायके: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोमनायक (प्रातिपदिक; सोम + नायक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सोमस्य नायकः)

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययम् (gerund/absolutive), ‘having seen’

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; ‘फलम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• आप्नोति: attains
• आप्नोति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (Present), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथम-पुरुषः (3rd), एकवचनम्

• द्वारवत्याम्: in Dvāravatī (Dvārakā)
• द्वारवत्याम्: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वारवती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• जनार्द्दनम्: Janārdana (Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa)
• जनार्द्दनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनार्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative/2nd), एकवचनम्

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (contextual continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvāravatī (Dvārakā) / Somanātha (benchmark)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dramatic twilight eclipse sky over the western sea; pilgrims stand before Janārdana in Dvārakā, while a distant vignette shows Somanātha’s liṅga—both linked by a ribbon of sacred light.

Characters & Entities

• Lunar eclipse (Soma-graha)
• Somanātha
• Dvāravatī (Dvārakā)
• Janārdana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Direct darśana of the Lord at a supremely sanctified site can confer the same merit as rare auspicious times and famed tīrthas.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvāravatī (Dvārakā) through the darśana of Janārdana; Somanātha is referenced as a comparative tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform darśana—behold Janārdana in Dvārakā.