Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

द्वादशीवेधजंपापं द्वारकायाः प्रभावतः । नष्टं पुत्र न सन्देहः संप्राप्ताः परमं पदम्

Transliteration

dvādaśīvedhajaṃpāpaṃ dvārakāyāḥ prabhāvataḥ | naṣṭaṃ putra na sandehaḥ saṃprāptāḥ paramaṃ padam

Translation

ด้วยอานุภาพแห่งทวารกา บาปที่เกิดจาก “ทวาทศี-เวธะ” ได้ถูกทำลายสิ้นแล้ว โอ บุตรเอ๋ย ไม่ต้องสงสัยเลย—เราบรรลุถึงปรมบทอันสูงสุดแล้ว

Word by Word

• dvādaśī-vedha-jam: arisen from the dvādaśī-violation
• dvādaśī-vedha-jam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dvādaśī (प्रातिपदिक) + vedha (प्रातिपदिक) + ja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (द्वादशी-वेधात् जातम्)

• pāpam: sin
• pāpam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• dvārakāyāḥ: of Dvārakā
• dvārakāyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvārakā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन

• prabhāvataḥ: due to (her) power
• prabhāvataḥ: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/हेतु; Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे (ablative of cause)

• naṣṭam: is destroyed
• naṣṭam: Kriya (Predicative/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: naś (धा. नश्) + naṣṭa (क्त-कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि-क्त, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; विधेय (predicate)

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

• na: no/not
• na: Kriya-pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• sandehaḥ: doubt
• sandehaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃdeha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• saṃprāptāḥ: have attained
• saṃprāptāḥ: Kriya (Predicative/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-√prāp (धा. प्राप्) + saṃprāpta (क्त-कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि-क्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; कर्तरि-प्रयोगे विधेय (predicate to implied ‘vayam’)

• paramam: supreme
• paramam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; विशेषण

• padam: abode/state
• padam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

Speaker

Same speaking voice as the prior verse addressing 'putra' (speaker not explicit in excerpt)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee (addressed as ‘son’) stands within luminous Dvārakā; the city’s divine radiance dissolves dark ‘pāpa’ into light, while a distant vision of Kṛṣṇa signifies attainment of the supreme abode.

Characters & Entities

• Dvārakā
• Dvādaśī
• Vedha (doṣa/overlap)
• Paramam Padam

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A supremely praised tīrtha can neutralize even time/vrata-related faults, and sincere contact with it culminates in the highest spiritual attainment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, whose prabhāva (spiritual potency) is said to destroy sin.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse references dvādaśī-vedha (a calendrical/vrata-related doṣa) but gives no procedural remedy beyond emphasizing Dvārakā’s purifying power.