Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

पीडयंति ग्रहास्तावद्व्याधयोऽभिभवंति च । भक्त्या न पश्यति नरो यावत्कृष्णप्रियां कलौ

Transliteration

pīḍayaṃti grahāstāvadvyādhayo'bhibhavaṃti ca | bhaktyā na paśyati naro yāvatkṛṣṇapriyāṃ kalau

Translation

কলিযুগে যতক্ষণ মানুষ ভক্তিভরে কৃষ্ণপ্রিয়া রুক্মিণীর দর্শন ও শরণ গ্রহণ না করে, ততক্ষণ গ্রহদোষ পীড়া দেয় এবং রোগ ব্যাধি আচ্ছন্ন করে।

Word by Word

• पीडयन्ति: afflict
• पीडयन्ति: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पीड् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• ग्रहाः: planets/seizing spirits
• ग्रहाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• तावत्: so long
• तावत्: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: परिमाण/अवधि-वाचक-अव्यय (so long/that much)

• व्याधयः: diseases
• व्याधयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्याधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• अभिभवन्ति: overpower
• अभिभवन्ति: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि + भू (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

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

• भक्त्या: by devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; साधन-भावः

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• पश्यति: sees/experiences
• पश्यति: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• यावत्: until/as long as
• यावत्: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधि-वाचक-अव्यय (until/as long as)

• कृष्ण-प्रियाम्: Kṛṣṇa’s beloved (Rukmiṇī)
• कृष्ण-प्रियाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रिया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘beloved of Kṛṣṇa’ (Rukmiṇī)

• कलौ: in the Kali age
• कलौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; ‘in Kali age’

Speaker

Sūta (deduced: Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rukmiṇī-darśana in Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee, previously troubled by illness and ominous planetary fear, stands before Rukmiṇī with folded hands; above, stylized grahas recede into the background as the shrine’s lamp-light dominates.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa
• Rukmiṇī
• Kali-yuga
• Grahāḥ (planets)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Bhakti to Kṛṣṇa and reverence to His beloved Rukmiṇī is presented as a supreme refuge that neutralizes suffering in Kali-yuga.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, praised in the Dvārakā-māhātmya section of the Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific ritual is prescribed here; the emphasis is on devotional beholding/refuge (bhakti) toward Kṛṣṇa’s beloved.