Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

ययौ द्वारवतीं हृष्टो देवदेवस्य सादरम् । कृष्णं दृष्ट्वा परां सिद्धिं संप्राप्तो देवमंदिरे

Transliteration

yayau dvāravatīṃ hṛṣṭo devadevasya sādaram | kṛṣṇaṃ dṛṣṭvā parāṃ siddhiṃ saṃprāpto devamaṃdire

Translation

Voller Freude ging er in ehrfürchtiger Hingabe nach Dvāravatī, der Wohnstatt des Gottes der Götter. Als er Kṛṣṇa im Tempel erblickte, erlangte er die höchste Vollendung und gelangte zum göttlichen Heiligtum.

Word by Word

• yayau: went
• yayau: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• dvāravatīm: to Dvāravatī
• dvāravatīm: Karma (Goal/object of motion/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvāravatī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• hṛṣṭaḥ: delighted
• hṛṣṭaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hṛṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• deva-devasya: of the God of gods
• deva-devasya: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva + deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (देवानां देवः)

• sādaram: respectfully, with reverence
• sādaram: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sa-ādara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः (क्रियाविशेषण/adverbial accusative), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• kṛṣṇam: Kṛṣṇa
• kṛṣṇam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛṣṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: dṛś (धातु) → dṛṣṭvā (क्त्वा/absolutive)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त्वा/अव्ययभाव/absolutive), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• parām: supreme
• parām: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• siddhim: attainment, perfection
• siddhim: Karma (Object/result/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: siddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• saṃprāptaḥ: attained
• saṃprāptaḥ: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam + pra + āp (धातु) → saṃprāpta (कृदन्त, क्त/PPP)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगे ‘attained/obtained’

• deva-mandire: in the temple of the deity
• deva-mandire: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva + mandira (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (देवस्य मन्दिरम्)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; within Dvārakā Māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvāravatī / Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: King Dilīpa arrives joyfully at Dvāravatī, approaches the divine temple, and attains supreme perfection upon beholding Kṛṣṇa.

Characters & Entities

• Dvāravatī (Dvārakā)
• Kṛṣṇa
• Deva-mandira (temple)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kṛṣṇa-darśana at Dvārakā, approached with reverence, is portrayed as a direct cause of supreme spiritual attainment (parā siddhi).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvāravatī/Dvārakā, celebrated as a sacred city where seeing Kṛṣṇa grants exceptional merit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is prescribed; the act emphasized is devotional pilgrimage and darśana (reverent seeing) of Kṛṣṇa in the temple.