Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

सहस्रयोजनस्थानां येषां स्यादिति मानसम् । द्वारवत्यां गमिष्यामो द्रक्ष्यामो द्वारकेश्वरम्

Transliteration

sahasrayojanasthānāṃ yeṣāṃ syāditi mānasam | dvāravatyāṃ gamiṣyāmo drakṣyāmo dvārakeśvaram

Translation

即便远在千由旬之外，若心中生起誓愿：“我等将往德瓦拉瓦蒂；我等将瞻礼德瓦拉凯湿伐罗”，仅此意乐亦能令其灵性增上。

Word by Word

• सहस्रयोजनस्थानाम्: of (those) at a distance of a thousand yojanas
• सहस्रयोजनस्थानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक) + योजन (प्रातिपदिक) + स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (sahasra-yojana-sthāna = place/distance of a thousand yojanas)

• येषाम्: of whom
• येषाम्: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural)

• स्यात्: may be/should be
• स्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपदम्; धातु: अस्

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/इत्यर्थक अव्यय (quotative particle)

• मानसम्: the thought/intention
• मानसम्: Karta (Subject—‘the thought’/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (Singular); भावार्थे (as ‘thought/intention’)

• द्वारवत्याम्: in Dvāravatī (Dvārakā)
• द्वारवत्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वारवती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• गमिष्यामः: we shall go
• गमिष्यामः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), बहुवचन (Plural), परस्मैपदम्; धातु: गम्

• द्रक्ष्यामः: we shall see
• द्रक्ष्यामः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), बहुवचन (Plural), परस्मैपदम्; धातु: दृश् (भविष्यत्-रूप: द्रक्ष्य-)

• द्वारकेश्वरम्: the Lord of Dvārakā
• द्वारकेश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वारका (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (Lord of Dvārakā)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced from Prabhāsakhaṇḍa māhātmya-style narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvāravatī (Dvārakā)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A distant traveler under a vast sky, holding a staff and water-pot, gazing toward the western horizon; above, a faint vision of Dvārakā’s gates and the Dvārakeśvara shrine appears, symbolizing that resolve bridges a thousand yojanas.

Characters & Entities

• Dvāravatī (Dvārakā)
• Dvārakeśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A sincere saṅkalpa to undertake pilgrimage and seek darśana is itself a purifying spiritual act.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvāravatī (Dvārakā) and Dvārakeśvara, the Lord presiding there.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Saṅkalpa—forming the devotional resolve to travel to Dvārakā and obtain darśana.