Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

माघ्यां च फाल्गुने चैत्रे ज्येष्ठे चैव विशेषतः । अद्यापि द्वारका पुण्या कलावपि विशेषतः

Transliteration

māghyāṃ ca phālgune caitre jyeṣṭhe caiva viśeṣataḥ | adyāpi dvārakā puṇyā kalāvapi viśeṣataḥ

Translation

ماہِ ماغھ، پھالگن، چَیتر اور جَیَیشٹھ میں—بالخصوص—دوارکا نہایت مقدّس ہے؛ آج بھی اور کَلی یُگ میں بھی وہ خاص طور پر پاکیزہ رہتی ہے۔

Word by Word

• माघ्याम्: in (the month of) Māgha
• माघ्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माघी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; मास-नाम (locative: in Māgha)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• फाल्गुने: in Phālguna
• फाल्गुने: Adhikarana (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फाल्गुन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; मास-नाम (locative: in Phālguna)

• चैत्रे: in Caitra
• चैत्रे: Adhikarana (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चैत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; मास-नाम (locative: in Caitra)

• ज्येष्ठे: in Jyeṣṭha
• ज्येष्ठे: Adhikarana (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्येष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; मास-नाम (locative: in Jyeṣṭha)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (restrictive particle)

• विशेषतः: particularly
• विशेषतः: Kriya-Visheshana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेषतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: particularly)

• अद्यापि: even today/still
• अद्यापि: Kriya-Visheshana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य + अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्ययसमूह (temporal adverb: even today/still)

• द्वारका: Dvārakā
• द्वारका: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वारका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• पुण्या: holy
• पुण्या: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (agreeing with द्वारका)

• कलौ: in the Kali age
• कलौ: Adhikarana (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; 'कलियुगे' (locative: in Kali age)

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्भावना/समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (particle: also/even)

• विशेषतः: especially
• विशेषतः: Kriya-Visheshana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेषतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: especially)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇas/pilgrims (explicitly addressed in nearby verses)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A panoramic vision of sea-girt Dvārakā with temples and ghāṭas, pilgrims arriving in the auspicious months; a subtle calendar motif (Māgha, Phālguna, Caitra, Jyeṣṭha) hovering like seasonal banners.

Characters & Entities

• Dvārakā
• Māgha
• Phālguna
• Caitra
• Jyeṣṭha
• Kali-yuga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dvārakā’s sanctity is enduring and even heightened in Kali-yuga, with particular months emphasized for intensified merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā as a puṇya-kṣetra (highly meritorious sacred place).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse highlights auspicious months for Dvārakā-related religious activity and pilgrimage, though it does not specify a single rite.