Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

तस्मात्कलियुगे विप्रा नान्यत्र प्राप्यते हरिः । यदि कार्य्यं हि कृष्णेन तत्र गच्छत मा चिरम्

Transliteration

tasmātkaliyuge viprā nānyatra prāpyate hariḥ | yadi kāryyaṃ hi kṛṣṇena tatra gacchata mā ciram

Translation

অতএব, হে ব্রাহ্মণগণ, কলিযুগে অন্যত্র হরি সহজে প্রাপ্য নন। কৃষ্ণের দ্বারা যদি কোনো পবিত্র কার্য সাধন করতে হয়, তবে সেখানে যাও—বিলম্ব কোরো না।

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (तस्मात्-प्रयोगः), हेतौ/तस्मात् = ‘therefore’ (ablatival adverb)

• कलि-युगे: in the Kali age
• कलि-युगे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलियुग (प्रातिपदिक; कलि + युग)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरणे (locative)

• विप्राः: O brāhmaṇas
• विप्राः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; संबोधनार्थे/सम्बोधन-प्रयोगः (vocative sense)

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

• अन्यत्र: elsewhere
• अन्यत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक (adverb of place)

• प्राप्यते: is obtained
• प्राप्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)

• हरिः: Hari (Viṣṇu)
• हरिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्तृस्थाने (logical subject of passive)

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Condition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, शर्तार्थक (conditional particle)

• कार्य्यम्: a need/purpose
• कार्य्यम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; ‘कार्यं’ = purpose/need (predicate/accusative of purpose)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Emphasis/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निपात (emphatic/indeed)

• कृष्णेन: with/through Kṛṣṇa
• कृष्णेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; साधन/सहकारि (instrumental: ‘with/through Kṛṣṇa’)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक (adverb of place)

• गच्छत: go (you all)
• गच्छत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• मा: do not
• मा: Pratiṣedha (Prohibition/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (prohibitive particle)

• चिरम्: long (delay)
• चिरम्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-प्रयोग/क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial accusative: ‘for long’)

Speaker

Prahlāda (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: viprāḥ (brāhmaṇas)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A teacher addressing assembled brāhmaṇas, pointing toward the western sea where Dvārakā lies; pilgrims prepare to depart immediately, carrying minimal belongings, faces resolved.

Characters & Entities

• Kali-yuga
• Vipra (brāhmaṇas)
• Hari (Kṛṣṇa)
• Dvārakā/Prabhāsa (implied ‘there’)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

In Kali-yuga, the Purāṇa highlights specific kṣetras as especially effective for realizing Hari; timely pilgrimage and devotion are urged.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā (and its sacred environs in Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa) as the privileged place to seek Kṛṣṇa/Hari.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A direct instruction to undertake pilgrimage (‘go there without delay’); no specific dāna/snānā rule is stated in this verse.