Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

गंगासागरजं पुण्यं गंगाद्वारभवं तथा । कलौ द्वारवतीं गत्वा प्राप्नोति मनुजाधिप

Transliteration

gaṃgāsāgarajaṃ puṇyaṃ gaṃgādvārabhavaṃ tathā | kalau dvāravatīṃ gatvā prāpnoti manujādhipa

Translation

اے انسانوں کے سردار! کلی یُگ میں دواروتی (دوارکا) جا کر آدمی گنگا ساگر اور گنگا دوار (ہریدوار) دونوں کے برابر ثواب حاصل کرتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• गङ्गासागरजम्: born of/at Gangasagara
• गङ्गासागरजम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गङ्गासागरज (प्रातिपदिक) < गङ्गासागर + ज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; पञ्चमी/सप्तमी-तत्पुरुषार्थ (गङ्गासागरात् जातम्) विशेषण

• पुण्यम्: merit
• पुण्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• गङ्गाद्वारभवम्: arising at Gangadvara
• गङ्गाद्वारभवम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गङ्गाद्वारभव (प्रातिपदिक) < गङ्गाद्वार + भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; पञ्चमी/सप्तमी-तत्पुरुषार्थ (गङ्गाद्वारात् भवम्) विशेषण

• तथा: likewise/and also
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), समुच्चय/तुल्यार्थ

• कलौ: in Kali (age)
• कलौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन

• द्वारवतीम्: Dvaravati
• द्वारवतीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वारवती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; नगर-नाम

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: अव्यय-भावे क्त्वान्त (gerund), पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया (having gone)

• प्राप्नोति: attains
• प्राप्नोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• मनुजाधिप: O lord of men
• मनुजाधिप: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनुजाधिप (प्रातिपदिक) < मनुज + अधिप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (मनुजानाम् अधिपः)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Dvārakā Māhātmya discourse style within Skanda Purāṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvāravatī (Dvārakā)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Manuṣyādhipa (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A map-like sacred panorama: Dvārakā on the western sea, Gaṅgā-sāgara at the ocean-mouth, and Haridvāra at the Himalayan gateway—three tīrthas visually linked by a stream of light signifying shared merit, with a pilgrim walking toward Dvārakā.

Characters & Entities

• Dvāravatī (Dvārakā)
• Kali-yuga
• Gaṅgā-sāgara
• Gaṅgā-dvāra (Haridvāra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dvārakā is proclaimed a supreme tīrtha whose pilgrimage-fruit equals famed Gaṅgā tīrthas, emphasizing sacred geography as a path of dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvāravatī/Dvārakā, with explicit comparison to Gaṅgā-sāgara and Gaṅgā-dvāra (Haridvāra).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The prescription is tīrtha-yātrā—going to Dvārakā; specific acts like snāna or dāna are not detailed in this verse.