Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 79

Devanagari script

माहात्म्यं द्वारकायास्तु मद्दिने यत्र तत्र वा । पठेन्मम पुरीं पुण्यां लभते मत्प्रसादतः

Transliteration

māhātmyaṃ dvārakāyāstu maddine yatra tatra vā | paṭhenmama purīṃ puṇyāṃ labhate matprasādataḥ

Translation

جو کوئی میرے مقدس دن پر یا کسی بھی دن، جہاں کہیں بھی ہو، دوارکا کا ماہاتمیہ پڑھتا ہے، وہ میرے فضل سے اس پاک پوری کو پا لیتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• māhātmyam: the greatness (account)
• māhātmyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• dvārakāyāḥ: of Dvārakā
• dvārakāyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvārakā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• tu: indeed/but
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषण-अव्यय (but/indeed)

• mat-dine: on my day (sacred day)
• mat-dine: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mad (सर्वनाम) + dina (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (mama dine); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; कालवाचक-सप्तमी

• yatra: where/whenever
• yatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देश/प्रसङ्गवाचक-अव्यय (relative adverb: where/whenever)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (correlative adverb: there)

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha (Alternative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्प-अव्यय (or)

• paṭhet: should recite
• paṭhet: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: paṭh (पठ् धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन

• purīm: city
• purīm: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: purī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• puṇyām: holy
• puṇyām: Karma (Qualifier of object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: puṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (purīm)

• labhate: obtains
• labhate: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: labh (लभ् धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• mat-prasādataḥ: through my grace
• mat-prasādataḥ: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mad (सर्वनाम) + prasāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (mama prasādaḥ); पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; हेतौ पञ्चमी (ablative of cause)

Speaker

Śiva

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇa/assembly

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee far from the sea sits with a palm-leaf manuscript, reciting Dvārakā-māhātmya; above, a visionary Dvārakā appears—temple spires, sea, and Kṛṣṇa’s blessing hand—signifying ‘attainment by grace’.

Characters & Entities

• Dvārakā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional recitation of a sacred place’s Māhātmya functions as a bridge to its grace, even from afar.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā and its Māhātmya (glorification) are explicitly praised.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pāṭha/recitation of the Dvārakā Māhātmya, especially on a day sacred to the deity (maddine).