Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 82

Devanagari script

तीर्थानि सरितः सर्वा द्वारकाया मुखांबुजम् । पश्यतः परमानंदं लेभिरे देवमानवाः

Transliteration

tīrthāni saritaḥ sarvā dvārakāyā mukhāṃbujam | paśyataḥ paramānaṃdaṃ lebhire devamānavāḥ

Translation

Mọi tīrtha và mọi dòng sông, khi chiêm ngưỡng dung nhan như hoa sen của Dvārakā, đều đạt được niềm an lạc tối thượng—cả chư thiên lẫn loài người.

Word by Word

• तीर्थानि: pilgrimage places
• तीर्थानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा (nominative), बहुवचन (plural)

• सरितः: rivers
• सरितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरित् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), प्रथमा (nominative), बहुवचन (plural)

• सर्वाः: all
• सर्वाः: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), प्रथमा (nominative), बहुवचन (plural); विशेषण

• द्वारकायाः: of Dvārakā
• द्वारकायाः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वारका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), षष्ठी (genitive), एकवचन (singular)

• मुख-अम्बुजम्: the lotus-face
• मुख-अम्बुजम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुख (प्रातिपदिक) + अम्बुज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (accusative), एकवचन (singular); कर्मधारय: ‘अम्बुजमिव मुखम्’ / ‘मुखं अम्बुजम्’ (lotus-like face)

• पश्यतः: while seeing / of the onlooker(s)
• पश्यतः: Sambandha (Genitive absolute-like/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त (present active participle), षष्ठी (genitive), एकवचन/द्विवचन (gen sg/du); ‘of (one/two) seeing’

• परम-आनन्दम्: supreme bliss
• परम-आनन्दम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक) + आनन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया (accusative), एकवचन (singular); कर्मधारय: ‘परमः आनन्दः’

• लेभिरे: obtained
• लेभिरे: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (plural), आत्मनेपद (middle)

• देव-मानवाः: gods and humans
• देव-मानवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (nominative), बहुवचन (plural); द्वन्द्व: ‘देवाश्च मानवाश्च’

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Dvārakā Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vast congregation of personified rivers—Ganga, Yamuna, Sarasvati and countless others—flowing as luminous goddesses, pause in reverent stillness, gazing upon Dvārakā depicted as a radiant lotus-faced city by the sea; devas and humans share the same blissful gaze.

Characters & Entities

• Dvārakā
• Tīrthas
• Rivers
• Devas
• Humans

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Darśana (sacred seeing) is transformative—beholding Dvārakā is portrayed as a direct source of supreme joy.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, whose very vision grants bliss to gods, humans, rivers, and tīrthas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly darśana: the devotional act of visiting and beholding the sacred dhāma.