Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 64

Devanagari script

कृष्णस्य दर्शने बुद्धिर्जायते यस्य देहिनः । वक्त्रावलोकनात्तस्य पापं याति सहस्रधा

Transliteration

kṛṣṇasya darśane buddhirjāyate yasya dehinaḥ | vaktrāvalokanāttasya pāpaṃ yāti sahasradhā

Translation

Für das verkörperte Wesen, in dem beim Anblick Kṛṣṇas Weisheit erwacht, wird durch das bloße Schauen seines Antlitzes die Sünde in tausend Stücke zerschmettert und weicht.

Word by Word

• कृष्णस्य: of Krishna
• कृष्णस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन — ‘कृष्णस्य’

• दर्शने: in (the act of) seeing
• दर्शने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन — ‘दर्शने’

• बुद्धिः: intelligence, understanding
• बुद्धिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — ‘बुद्धिः’

• जायते: arises, is born
• जायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद — ‘जायते’

• यस्य: whose
• यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन — ‘यस्य’

• देहिनः: of the embodied being
• देहिनः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देहिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन — ‘देहिनः’

• वक्त्रावलोकनात्: from seeing (his) face
• वक्त्रावलोकनात्: Apadana (Source/अपाादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वक्त्र + अवलोकन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन — ‘वक्त्रावलोकनात्’; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (वक्त्रस्य अवलोकनम्)

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन — ‘तस्य’

• पापम्: sin
• पापम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (1st/2nd Nom/Acc), एकवचन — ‘पापम्’ (क्रियायाः कर्मरूपेण)

• याति: goes away, departs
• याति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद — ‘याति’

• सहस्रधा: a thousandfold, into a thousand parts
• सहस्रधा: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहस्रधा (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of manner)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced; Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā (Kṛṣṇa-darśana)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee stands before Kṛṣṇa; the Lord’s face radiates; shards of darkness (sins) break apart like glass into a thousand fragments and scatter, while a lotus of wisdom blooms in the devotee’s forehead/heart.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine darśana is transformative: seeing Kṛṣṇa awakens right understanding and powerfully destroys sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Implicitly Dvārakā/Kṛṣṇapurī, as the setting for Kṛṣṇa’s presence and darśana in this Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No formal rite; the emphasized practice is darśana—beholding Kṛṣṇa (especially his face).