Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 43

Devanagari script

धन्यास्ते मानुषे लोके पुत्रपौत्रप्रपौत्रकाः । दृष्ट्वा श्रीसोमनाथं तु कृष्णं पश्यंति द्वारकाम्

Transliteration

dhanyāste mānuṣe loke putrapautraprapautrakāḥ | dṛṣṭvā śrīsomanāthaṃ tu kṛṣṇaṃ paśyaṃti dvārakām

Translation

Gesegnet in der Menschenwelt sind jene, die zusammen mit Söhnen, Enkeln und Urenkeln Śrī Somanātha schauen und danach Kṛṣṇa in Dvārakā erblicken.

Word by Word

• धन्याः: blessed
• धन्याः: Karta/Predicate adjective (कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• ते: they / those (people)
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• मानुषे: human
• मानुषे: Adhikarana (Location qualifier/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मानुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषण (लोके)

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• पुत्रपौत्रप्रपौत्रकाः: (having) sons, grandsons, and great-grandsons
• पुत्रपौत्रप्रपौत्रकाः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र + पौत्र + प्रपौत्रक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (sons, grandsons, great-grandsons)

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय-भाव (gerund/absolutive), 'having seen'

• श्रीसोमनाथम्: Śrī Somanātha
• श्रीसोमनाथम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीसोमनाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (श्री + सोमनाथ)

• तु: indeed / and then
• तु: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/विरोधार्थक-निपात (particle: 'but/indeed')

• कृष्णम्: Kṛṣṇa
• कृष्णम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• पश्यन्ति: see
• पश्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• द्वारकाम्: Dvārakā
• द्वारकाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वारका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified (contextual narrator within Dvārakā Māhātmya; likely a Purāṇic narrator addressing a listener about pilgrimage merit)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Somnātha (Prabhāsa) and Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim family—elders, sons, grandsons—moves from the moon-crested Somnātha liṅga shrine to the sea-girt Dvārakā temple of Kṛṣṇa, carrying lamps and offerings; the journey itself is depicted as auspicious.

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Somanātha
• Kṛṣṇa
• Dvārakā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is praised as a family-uplifting act: seeing Somanātha and then Kṛṣṇa at Dvārakā is declared highly auspicious across generations.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa (Śrī Somanātha/Somnath) and Dvārakā (Kṛṣṇa’s sacred city).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana (holy viewing) of Somanātha followed by darśana of Kṛṣṇa in Dvārakā.