Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

नैरृत्यां वाममार्गाद्या महेन्द्रऋषभादयः । अन्ये च पुण्यशैलाश्च सलोकालोक मानसाः । द्वारकां परितः संति पर्य्युपासंति प्रत्यहम्

Transliteration

nairṛtyāṃ vāmamārgādyā mahendraṛṣabhādayaḥ | anye ca puṇyaśailāśca salokāloka mānasāḥ | dvārakāṃ paritaḥ saṃti paryyupāsaṃti pratyaham

Translation

ทิศไนรฤต (ตะวันตกเฉียงใต้) มีวามมารคะและหมู่อื่นๆ ทั้งมหेंद्र ฤษภะและหมู่อื่นๆ อีกทั้งภูเขาศักดิ์สิทธิ์อื่นๆ—พร้อมโลกาโลกะและมานสะ—ล้วนอยู่รายรอบทวารกา บูชาและปรนนิบัติทุกวันมิได้ขาด

Word by Word

• nairṛtyām: in the south-west (direction)
• nairṛtyām: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nairṛtī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• vāma-mārga-ādyāḥ: those beginning with the left-path (group)
• vāma-mārga-ādyāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāma (प्रातिपदिक) + mārga (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); समासः—तत्पुरुषः (vāma-mārga = 'left path'), तदादयः = 'beginning with them'

• mahendra-ṛṣabha-ādayaḥ: Mahendra, Ṛṣabha and others
• mahendra-ṛṣabha-ādayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahendra (प्रातिपदिक) + ṛṣabha (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः; 'Mahendra, Ṛṣabha, etc.'

• anye: others
• anye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

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

• puṇya-śailāḥ: holy mountains
• puṇya-śailāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṇya (प्रातिपदिक) + śaila (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः ('holy mountains')

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

• sa-loka-aloka-mānasāḥ: (mountains) Loka, Aloka, and Mānasa (with their groups)
• sa-loka-aloka-mānasāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sa (प्रातिपदिक) + loka (प्रातिपदिक) + aloka (प्रातिपदिक) + mānasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः—द्वन्द्वः/समाहार-प्रायः (loka + aloka) तथा तत्पुरुष-सम्बन्धः (sa-... = 'with'); 'those (mountains) named/including Loka, Aloka, and Mānasa'

• dvārakām: Dvārakā
• dvārakām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvārakā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• paritaḥ: around
• paritaḥ: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: paritaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb/postposition)

• santi: are / exist
• santi: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• pary-upāsanti: worship/attend upon (all around)
• pary-upāsanti: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: upa-ās (धातु) with pari- (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद; उपसर्गः—pari + upa

• pratyaham: every day
• pratyaham: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prati + ahan (अव्ययभाव-प्रयोग)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास (adverb)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Dvārakā Māhātmya; exact speaker not explicit in this verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A grand circular assembly of mountains around Dvārakā, with Lokāloka depicted as a vast encircling ridge at the horizon and Mānasa as a serene lake-mountain motif; mountains perform daily pūjā with lamps and flowers toward the city.

Characters & Entities

• Dvārakā
• Mahendra
• Ṛṣabha
• Lokāloka
• Mānasa
• Vāmamārga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even the greatest sacred features of the cosmos are depicted as daily worshippers of Dvārakā—affirming the kṣetra as a living focus of devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, honored as the center around which holy mountains and cosmic landmarks gather in reverence.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse mentions daily ‘pary-upāsanā’ (regular reverent attendance/worship) in a descriptive sense, not as a direct instruction to pilgrims.