Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

अन्यत्र वै यतीनां तु कोटीनां यत्फलं भवेत् । द्वारकायां तु चैकेन भोजितेन ततोऽधिकम्

Transliteration

anyatra vai yatīnāṃ tu koṭīnāṃ yatphalaṃ bhavet | dvārakāyāṃ tu caikena bhojitena tato'dhikam

Translation

ผลบุญที่ที่อื่นจะเกิดจากการเลี้ยงดูฤๅษีผู้บำเพ็ญตบะนับล้านนั้น ที่ทวารกา เพียงเลี้ยงผู้เดียวก็ยังให้ผลยิ่งกว่า

Word by Word

• anyatra: elsewhere
• anyatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: anyatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: elsewhere)

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• yatīnām: of ascetics
• yatīnām: Sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• tu: but/and
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (contrastive particle)

• koṭīnām: of crores
• koṭīnām: Sambandha (Measure/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: koṭi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• yat: which/that
• yat: Sambandha (Relative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: यद्-शब्द (relative pronoun), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (Singular)

• phalam: fruit/result
• phalam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• bhavet: might be/should be
• bhavet: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (भू धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• dvārakāyām: in Dvārakā
• dvārakāyām: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvārakā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• tu: but/and
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (contrastive particle)

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

• ekena: by one (single)
• ekena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: विशेषण (adjective), पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Masc/Neut), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• bhojitena: by (one) fed/served a meal
• bhojitena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhuj (भुज् धातु) + bhojita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, causative sense)
• Form: कृदन्त (past passive participle/PPP), पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• tataḥ: than that/therefore
• tataḥ: Sambandha (Comparison source/तुलना-आधार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: तस्मात्-अर्थे अव्यय (ablatival adverb: from that/therefore)

• adhikam: more/greater
• adhikam: Karta (Predicate nominal/विशेष्य)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: adhika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: विशेषण (adjective used substantively), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Prahlāda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim in Dvārakā offers a simple meal to a single ascetic seated calmly near a ghat/temple; above, an unseen scale of merit tilts dramatically, suggesting the kṣetra’s amplifying power.

Characters & Entities

• Prahlāda
• Dvārakā
• Yatis (ascetics)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Place and sanctity amplify dharma: charity performed in a highly praised tīrtha yields extraordinary fruit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā is explicitly glorified as surpassing other places in the fruit of feeding (annadāna).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Feeding (bhojana/annadāna), especially to renunciants or worthy recipients, is recommended as exceptionally fruitful at Dvārakā.