Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 78

Devanagari script

दृष्ट्वा समस्ततीर्थानि प्रभासादीनि भूतले । मत्पुरीदर्शनेनैव पृष्ट्वाऽपीह भवेत्फलम्

Transliteration

dṛṣṭvā samastatīrthāni prabhāsādīni bhūtale | matpurīdarśanenaiva pṛṣṭvā'pīha bhavetphalam

Translation

زمین پر پربھاس وغیرہ سبھی تیرتھوں کے درشن کر لینے کے بعد بھی، یہاں پھل صرف میری پوری کے درشن ہی سے ملتا ہے—حتیٰ کہ اگر کوئی بس اس کے بارے میں پوچھ لے تب بھی۔

Word by Word

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु) + ktvā (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive)

• samasta-tīrthāni: all sacred places
• samasta-tīrthāni: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: samasta + tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः—कर्मधारय (samastāni tīrthāni); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• prabhāsa-ādīni: beginning with Prabhāsa
• prabhāsa-ādīni: Karma (Qualifier of object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prabhāsa + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः—तत्पुरुष (prabhāsaḥ ādiḥ yeṣām); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (tīrthāni)

• bhūtale: on the earth
• bhūtale: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūtala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• mat-purī-darśanena: by seeing my city
• mat-purī-darśanena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mad (सर्वनाम) + purī + darśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• eva: alone/indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (only/indeed)

• pṛṣṭvā: having asked
• pṛṣṭvā: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: prach (प्रच्छ् धातु) + ktvā (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund)

• api: even
• api: Sambandha (Concession/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अपि—समुच्चय/अपवाद (even/also)

• iha: here
• iha: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iha (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• bhavet: would be
• bhavet: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (भू धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• phalam: the fruit/result
• phalam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Śiva

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā (in relation to Prabhāsa and all tīrthas)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇa (dvija)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sweeping vision of many tīrthas—rivers, ghāṭas, temples—culminating in Dvārakā’s coastal skyline; a pilgrim or sage asks about Dvārakā and receives the promised fruit through inquiry and darśana.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāsa
• Dvārakā (matpurī)
• Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Among many pilgrimages, a uniquely graced sacred center can bestow results through mere contact—seeing, and even sincere inquiry.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā is exalted, while Prabhāsa is cited as a renowned benchmark tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana of Dvārakā; additionally, even pṛcchā (inquiring/asking about the holy place) is praised as fruitful.