Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

द्वारकां गोमतीं पुण्यां रुक्मिणीं कृष्णमेव च । स्मरंति येऽन्वहं भक्त्या द्वारकाफलभागिनः

Transliteration

dvārakāṃ gomatīṃ puṇyāṃ rukmiṇīṃ kṛṣṇameva ca | smaraṃti ye'nvahaṃ bhaktyā dvārakāphalabhāginaḥ

Translation

ผู้ใดระลึกถึงทวารกา แม่น้ำโคมตีอันศักดิ์สิทธิ์ พระนางรุกมินี และพระกฤษณะทุกวันด้วยภักติ ผู้นั้นย่อมเป็นผู้มีส่วนในผลบุญแห่งทวารกา

Word by Word

• द्वारकाम्: Dvārakā
• द्वारकाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वारका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• गोमतीम्: Gomatī (river)
• गोमतीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोमती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• पुण्याम्: holy
• पुण्याम्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• रुक्मिणीम्: Rukmiṇī
• रुक्मिणीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुक्मिणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• कृष्णम्: Kṛṣṇa
• कृष्णम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण अव्यय (emphatic particle)

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

• स्मरन्ति: remember
• स्मरन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural), परस्मैपदम्; धातु: स्मृ

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• अन्वहम्: daily
• अन्वहम्: Sambandha (Temporal adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनु + अहन् (अव्ययीभाव-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb of time)

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Means/Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)

• द्वारकाफलभागिनः: sharers of Dvārakā’s merit/result
• द्वारकाफलभागिनः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वारका (प्रातिपदिक) + फल (प्रातिपदिक) + भागिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (dvārakā-phala-bhāginaḥ = sharers of Dvārakā’s fruit/result)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced from Prabhāsakhaṇḍa māhātmya-style narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā (Dvāravatī) with Gomati

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee seated at dawn, hands in añjali, mentally visualizing the golden city of Dvārakā, the calm Gomati waters, Rukmiṇī in royal grace, and Kṛṣṇa as Dvārakānātha; the merit of the kṣetra ‘flows’ toward the remembering heart.

Characters & Entities

• Dvārakā
• Gomatī
• Rukmiṇī
• Kṛṣṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Constant devotional remembrance of a sacred place and its divine persons grants the same sanctifying fruit as physical pilgrimage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā and its sacred river Gomati, along with Kṛṣṇa and Rukmiṇī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Anvahaṃ-smaraṇa—daily devotional recollection of Dvārakā, Gomati, Rukmiṇī, and Kṛṣṇa.