Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

हेलया तेन संप्राप्ताः सिद्धयोऽष्टौ न संशयः । गत्वा द्वारवतीं येन दृष्टा केशववल्लभा

Transliteration

helayā tena saṃprāptāḥ siddhayo'ṣṭau na saṃśayaḥ | gatvā dvāravatīṃ yena dṛṣṭā keśavavallabhā

Translation

جو شخص دواروتی جا کر کیشوَ کی محبوبہ (رُکمِنی) کا درشن کرے، وہ آسانی سے آٹھوں سدھیاں پا لیتا ہے—اس میں کوئی شک نہیں۔

Word by Word

• हेलया: with ease; effortlessly
• हेलया: Karana (Manner/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हेला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; भाववाचक (in an adverbial sense)

• तेन: by him
• तेन: Karana (by him)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन

• संप्राप्ताः: were attained
• संप्राप्ताः: Karta (Predicate participle agreeing with सिद्धयः)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + प्र + आप् (धातु) + क्त
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; ‘attained/obtained’

• सिद्धयः: supernatural powers
• सिद्धयः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन

• अष्टौ: eight
• अष्टौ: Visheshana (Numeral qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टन् (प्रातिपदिक/संख्या)
• Form: (सर्वलिङ्ग), प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; संख्यावाचक विशेषण (qualifying सिद्धयः)

• न: not
• न: Nishedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation particle)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Predicate nominal: ‘there is no doubt’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive); ‘having gone’

• द्वारवतीम्: to Dvāravatī (Dvārakā)
• द्वारवतीम्: Karma (Goal/object of motion)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वारवती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन (accusative singular)

• येन: by whom
• येन: Karana (by whom)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन

• दृष्टा: (was) seen
• दृष्टा: Karma (in passive)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु) + क्त
• Form: क्त-कृदन्त; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• केशववल्लभा: beloved of Keśava
• केशववल्लभा: Karta (Subject/appositive to implied जगन्माता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: केशव + वल्लभा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (केशवस्य वल्लभा)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced: Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa narration style in Māhātmya context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvāravatī (Dvārakā) with Rukmiṇī-darśana

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim arrives at sea-girt Dvāravatī and beholds Rukmiṇī, Keśava’s beloved, radiant beside the Lord; the moment is framed as effortless bestowal of aṣṭa-siddhi through darśana.

Characters & Entities

• Dvāravatī
• Keśava
• Rukmiṇī
• Aṣṭa-siddhi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The tīrtha’s power is exalted: sincere darśana at Dvārakā is said to grant extraordinary attainments with little strain.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvāravatī (Dvārakā).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The act prescribed is pilgrimage—going to Dvāravatī—and taking darśana of Keśava’s beloved.