Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 57

Devanagari script

यथो वै द्वारका वासो देवस्तत्र महेश्वरः । विरंचिर्यत्र तीर्थानि त्रीण्येतानि धरातले

Transliteration

yatho vai dvārakā vāso devastatra maheśvaraḥ | viraṃciryatra tīrthāni trīṇyetāni dharātale

Translation

جیسے دوارکا دیویہ نِواس ہے اور وہاں مہیشور دیوتا کی پوجا ہوتی ہے؛ اور جہاں وِرنچی (برہما) کی حضوری ہے—زمین پر یہی تینوں تیرتھ مشہور ہیں۔

Word by Word

• यथा: as/just as
• यथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमान/प्रकारवाचक (as/just as)

• उ: indeed
• उ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उ (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), बलार्थक/उत्कर्षार्थक

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• द्वारका: Dvārakā
• द्वारका: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वारका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• वासः: dwelling/residence
• वासः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• देवः: the god
• देवः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• महेश्वरः: Maheśvara (Śiva)
• महेश्वरः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• विरञ्चिः: Virañci (Brahmā)
• विरञ्चिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विरञ्चि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (where)

• तीर्थानि: holy places/fords
• तीर्थानि: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• त्रीणि: three
• त्रीणि: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि (संख्याप्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; संख्यावाचक विशेषण

• एतानि: these
• एतानि: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; निर्देशवाचक

• धरातले: on the surface of the earth
• धरातले: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धरातल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

Speaker

Viṣṇu (continuation; praising sacred geography)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā (as exemplar tīrtha among a triad)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Interlocutor in the narrative frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A panoramic sacred map-like scene: Dvārakā as a jeweled coastal city with temples; Maheśvara worship within; Brahmā (Virañci) indicated as presiding over a tīrtha; three luminous markers on the earth signifying the ‘three tīrthas’.

Characters & Entities

• Dvārakā
• Maheśvara (Śiva)
• Virañci (Brahmā)
• tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Earthly pilgrimage mirrors divine presence: tīrthas are sanctified as abodes where the great deities are especially accessible.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā is directly named; the verse also alludes to two other famed tīrthas associated with Maheśvara and Virañci.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed; it is a tīrtha-stuti (praise) establishing sacred status.