Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 70

Devanagari script

प्रयातौ द्वारवत्यां तौ कृष्णसंकर्षणावुभौ । गच्छमानं तु तं दृष्ट्वा केशवं क्लेशनाशनम्

Transliteration

prayātau dvāravatyāṃ tau kṛṣṇasaṃkarṣaṇāvubhau | gacchamānaṃ tu taṃ dṛṣṭvā keśavaṃ kleśanāśanam

Translation

Darauf brachen beide, Kṛṣṇa und Saṃkarṣaṇa, nach Dvāravatī auf. Als man Keśava, den Vernichter der Bedrängnisse, auf seinem Weg fortgehen sah…

Word by Word

• प्रयातौ: having departed
• प्रयातौ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र + या (धातु)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, past participle used adjectivally), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifies तौ/उभौ)

• द्वारवत्याम्: in Dvāravatī
• द्वारवत्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वारवती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• तौ: those two
• तौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन

• कृष्णसंकर्षणौ: Kṛṣṇa and Saṃkarṣaṇa
• कृष्णसंकर्षणौ: Apposition (Same as subject/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक) + संकर्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (Kṛṣṇa and Saṃkarṣaṇa)

• उभौ: both
• उभौ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifies तौ)

• गच्छमानम्: going
• गच्छमानम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले कृदन्त (शतृ-प्रत्यय, present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifies तम्/केशवम्)

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अनुवादक/विरोधक-अव्यय (particle)

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive), पूर्वकाल

• केशवम्: Keśava (Kṛṣṇa)
• केशवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: केशव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• क्लेशनाशनम्: destroyer of troubles
• क्लेशनाशनम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्लेश (प्रातिपदिक) + नाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (क्लेशस्य नाशनः = destroyer of afflictions); विशेषणम् (qualifies केशवम्)

Speaker

Unspecified narrator (likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Purāṇic framing)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvāravatī (Dvārakā)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma depart in a royal procession toward sea-girt Dvārakā; townspeople pause mid-action to gaze at Keśava, their faces softening as ‘kleśa’ lifts; dust of the road glows in evening light.

Characters & Entities

• Dvāravatī (Dvārakā)
• Kṛṣṇa (Keśava)
• Saṃkarṣaṇa (Balarāma)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Remembering Keśava as the remover of affliction frames the journey as spiritually protective and auspicious.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvāravatī (Dvārakā) is explicitly mentioned as the destination, a major Vaiṣṇava sacred city in Purāṇic geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it introduces a travel/journey scene with devotional epithet.