Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 2
Devanagari script
लभंते तत्फलं ह्यंते विष्णोः सायुज्यमाप्नुयुः । अतः किं बहुनोक्तेन द्वारवत्यां सदा नरैः
Transliteration
labhaṃte tatphalaṃ hyaṃte viṣṇoḥ sāyujyamāpnuyuḥ | ataḥ kiṃ bahunoktena dvāravatyāṃ sadā naraiḥ
Translation
他们在生命终尽之时得此果报，确实证得与毗湿奴合一的“萨尤吉亚”（sāyujya）。因此又何必多言？在德瓦拉瓦蒂（Dvārāvatī），世人应恒常求取此道。
Word by Word
लभन्तेobtain
लभन्ते:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√लभ् (धातु)
Formलट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद
तत्फलम्that fruit/result
तत्फलम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (तस्य फलम्)
हिindeed/for
हि:
Nipata (Particle/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (अव्यय)
Formहेतौ/निश्चये निपातः (particle: indeed/for)
अन्तेat the end
अन्ते:
Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootअन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन (कालाधिकरण)
विष्णोःof Viṣṇu
विष्णोः:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootविष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन
सायुज्यम्union (with)
सायुज्यम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootसायुज्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन
आप्नुयुःwould attain
आप्नुयुः:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootआ + √आप् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद
अतःtherefore
अतः:
Hetu/Conclusion (Inference/हेतु)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअतः (अव्यय)
Formहेतुतः/तस्मात्-अर्थे अव्यय (therefore)
किम्what?
किम्:
Prashna (Interrogative/प्रश्न)
TypeNoun
Rootकिम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; प्रश्नार्थक
बहुनाwith much (talk)
बहुना:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootबहु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन (करण)
उक्तेनby what is said
उक्तेन:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootउक्त (प्रातिपदिक; √वच् क्त)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle used as noun)
द्वारवत्याम्in Dvāravatī
द्वारवत्याम्:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootद्वारवती (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन
सदाalways
सदा:
Kala (Time/काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसदा (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक-अव्यय (always)
नरैःby men
नरैः:
Kartr/Agent (Agent/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootनर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन
Speaker
Vyāsa
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Dvārāvatī
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A devotee at Dvārakā’s sacred precincts beholds Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa; the narrative shows the soul’s ascent at death into Viṣṇu’s presence, symbolizing sāyujya.
Characters & Entities
V
ViṣṇuS
SāyujyaD
DvārāvatīFAQs
The tīrtha is extolled as a direct support for the highest Vaiṣṇava goal—union with Viṣṇu.
Dvārāvatī (Dvārakā/Dvārāvatī tīrtha tradition within this chapter’s frame).
No detailed rite; it emphasizes the promised end-result (Viṣṇu-sāyujya) connected to the place and one’s final act.