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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 173

त्रिकालं ये प्रपश्यंति वदनं प्रत्यहं हरेः । न तेषां पुनरावृत्तिः कल्पकोटिशतैरपि

trikālaṃ ye prapaśyaṃti vadanaṃ pratyahaṃ hareḥ | na teṣāṃ punarāvṛttiḥ kalpakoṭiśatairapi

Diejenigen, die täglich zu den drei Zeiten—morgens, mittags und abends—das Antlitz Haris schauen, für sie gibt es keine Wiederkehr (zur Wiedergeburt), selbst nicht über Hunderte von Krore an Kalpas hinweg.

त्रि-कालम्at the three times (daily)
त्रि-कालम्:
Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootत्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + काल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म/कालाधिकरण), एकवचन; समासः—द्विगु (त्रयः कालाः = three times/three periods)
येwho
ये:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)
प्रपश्यन्तिbehold/see
प्रपश्यन्ति:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-√पश् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद
वदनम्face
वदनम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootवदन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन
प्रति-अहम्every day
प्रति-अहम्:
Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्रति (अव्यय) + अहन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्यय (adverb) = every day
हरेःof Hari
हरेः:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootहरि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन
not
:
Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)
तेषाम्for them/of them
तेषाम्:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन
पुनः-आवृत्तिःreturn (rebirth) again
पुनः-आवृत्तिः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootपुनः (अव्यय) + आवृत्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; अव्ययीभाव-समास (पुनः आवृत्तिः = return again)
कल्प-कोटि-शतैःeven by hundreds of crores of kalpas
कल्प-कोटि-शतैः:
Karana (Instrument/Measure/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootकल्प (प्रातिपदिक) + कोटि (प्रातिपदिक) + शत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (कल्पानां कोटि-शतैः = even by hundreds of crores of kalpas)
अपिeven
अपि:
Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अप्यर्थे (even/also)

Traditional Māhātmya narrator (contextual; exact speaker not in snippet)

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Scene: Three vignettes in one frame: dawn, noon, and dusk—devotees repeatedly stand before Hari/Kṛṣṇa’s image, gazing upon the divine face; lamps, sun positions, and changing sky colors mark the three times.

H
Hari (Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa)

FAQs

Regular, devoted darśana of Hari—three times daily—destroys the cycle of rebirth.

Dwārakā by implication, where Hari’s presence and darśana are celebrated as liberation-giving.

Daily darśana of Hari at the three sandhyā-times (morning, noon, evening).