Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 136

Devanagari script

कृष्णस्य सोमनाथस्य नांतरं दृश्यते क्वचित् । यात्रा श्रीसोमनाथस्य संपूर्णा कृष्णदर्शनात्

Transliteration

kṛṣṇasya somanāthasya nāṃtaraṃ dṛśyate kvacit | yātrā śrīsomanāthasya saṃpūrṇā kṛṣṇadarśanāt

Translation

Zwischen Kṛṣṇa und Somanātha ist nirgends irgendein Unterschied zu sehen. Die Pilgerfahrt zu Śrī Somanātha wird durch die heilige Schau (darśana) Kṛṣṇas vollendet.

Word by Word

• कृष्णस्य: of Kṛṣṇa
• कृष्णस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन

• सोमनाथस्य: of Somanātha
• सोमनाथस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोमनाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन; समास: सोमस्य नाथः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

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

• अन्तरम्: difference/interval
• अन्तरम्: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन; ‘न अन्तरम्’ = no difference

• दृश्यते: is seen
• दृश्यते: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), कर्मणि-प्रयोग (Passive), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• क्वचित्: anywhere/ever
• क्वचित्: Adhikarana (Locative sense)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्वचित् (अव्यय)
• Form: देश/कालवाचक अव्यय (at any place/ever)

• यात्रा: pilgrimage
• यात्रा: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यात्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• श्रीसोमनाथस्य: of revered Somanātha
• श्रीसोमनाथस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री + सोमनाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन; समास: श्रीमान् सोमनाथः (कर्मधारय)

• संपूर्णा: complete
• संपूर्णा: Predicate adjective
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-पूर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (यात्रा)

• कृष्णदर्शनात्: from/because of seeing Kṛṣṇa
• कृष्णदर्शनात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Ablative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण + दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative), एकवचन; समास: कृष्णस्य दर्शनम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष); हेतौ (because of/from)

Speaker

Narrative instructor within Dvārakā-māhātmya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śrī Somanātha–Prabhāsa with Dvārakā completion

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Addressed as ‘putra’ (son) in surrounding verses; specific interlocutors not explicit in the given excerpt

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim stands between the Somanātha liṅga and a radiant Kṛṣṇa icon, visually merging Śiva’s liṅga with Kṛṣṇa’s presence to signify abheda; the sea of Prabhāsa glimmers behind.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa
• Somanātha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred travel is framed as an integrated Śiva–Kṛṣṇa devotion: seeing Kṛṣṇa fulfills the Somanātha pilgrimage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śrī Somanātha at Prabhāsa and Dvārakā for Kṛṣṇa-darśana.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Complete the Somanātha yātrā by proceeding to obtain Kṛṣṇa’s darśana.