Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 84

Devanagari script

येषां कृष्णालये प्राणा गताः सुरपते कलौ । स्वर्गान्न तेषामावृत्तिः कल्पकोटिशतैरपि

Transliteration

yeṣāṃ kṛṣṇālaye prāṇā gatāḥ surapate kalau | svargānna teṣāmāvṛttiḥ kalpakoṭiśatairapi

Translation

يا ربَّ الآلهة! في عصر كالي، من خرجت أنفاسُه في مقام كريشنا، فلا رجعةَ له أبدًا، حتى من السماء—ولو بعد مئاتِ الكرور من الكَلبات.

Word by Word

• yeṣām: of whom
• yeṣām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural), सर्वनाम (Pronoun)

• kṛṣṇa-ālaye: in Kṛṣṇa’s abode/temple
• kṛṣṇa-ālaye: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛṣṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + ālaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• prāṇāḥ: life-breaths; lives
• prāṇāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• gatāḥ: have gone; have departed
• gatāḥ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु) → gata (कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि/भूतकृत् (Past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण ‘गताः’ = ‘have gone/ended’

• sura-pate: O lord of the gods
• sura-pate: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sura (प्रातिपदिक) + pati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• kalau: in the Kali age
• kalau: Adhikarana (Time/काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kali (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• svargāt: from heaven
• svargāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svarga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन (Singular)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध (Negation particle)

• teṣām: of them
• teṣām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural), सर्वनाम (Pronoun)

• āvṛttiḥ: return; coming back
• āvṛttiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āvṛtti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• kalpa-koṭi-śataiḥ: by hundreds of crores of kalpas
• kalpa-koṭi-śataiḥ: Karana (Instrument/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kalpa (प्रातिपदिक) + koṭi (प्रातिपदिक) + śata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन (Plural)

• api: even
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि = ‘even/also’ (particle)

Speaker

Unknown (addressing Indra within the narrative)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kṛṣṇālaya (Dvārakā)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Surapati (Indra) is addressed

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene devotee at life’s end within Dvārakā’s sacred precinct; Kṛṣṇa’s presence as protective light; celestial beings appear but the soul moves beyond svarga toward non-return.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa
• Indra (Surapati)
• Kali Yuga
• Svarga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The place of death matters in Purāṇic sacred geography: departing life in Kṛṣṇa’s abode is extolled as leading beyond cyclic return.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kṛṣṇālaya—understood in this section as Dvārakā / Kṛṣṇa’s sacred abode.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; the teaching emphasizes the extraordinary salvific power of being in Kṛṣṇa’s abode at life’s end, especially in Kali Yuga.