Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 83

Devanagari script

यस्य कस्यापि मासस्य द्वादशी प्राप्य मानवः । कृष्णक्रीडापुरीं दृष्ट्वा मुक्तः संसारगह्वरात्

Transliteration

yasya kasyāpi māsasya dvādaśī prāpya mānavaḥ | kṛṣṇakrīḍāpurīṃ dṛṣṭvā muktaḥ saṃsāragahvarāt

Translation

An jedem Monat, wenn der Tag Dvādaśī eintritt, wird ein Mensch—der dorthin gelangt und die Stadt schaut, in der Kṛṣṇa spielt (Dvārakā)—aus der tiefen Schlucht der Saṃsāra-Bindung befreit.

Word by Word

• yasya: Of which
• yasya: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular

• kasyāpi: Of any
• kasyāpi: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kim + api (सर्वनाम)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular

• māsasya: Of the month
• māsasya: Sambandha (Relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular

• dvādaśī: The twelfth day (Dvadashi)
• dvādaśī: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvādaśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा) form used as Accusative (Arsha Prayoga), Singular

• prāpya: Having obtained/reached
• prāpya: Purvakalika Kriya (Prior Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + āp (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (Lyap Pratyaya)

• mānavaḥ: Man/Human
• mānavaḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• kṛṣṇakrīḍāpurīm: City of Krishna's sports (Dwarka)
• kṛṣṇakrīḍāpurīm: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛṣṇakrīḍāpurī (kṛṣṇa + krīḍā + purī)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular

• dṛṣṭvā: Having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Purvakalika Kriya (Prior Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (Ktva Pratyaya)

• muktaḥ: Liberated/Free
• muktaḥ: Vidheya (Predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: muc (धातु)
• Form: Past Participle (Kta Pratyaya), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• saṃsāragahvarāt: From the abyss of worldly existence
• saṃsāragahvarāt: Apadana (Separation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃsāragahvara (saṃsāra + gahvara)
• Form: Neuter, Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular

Speaker

Unknown (contextual narrator within Dvārakā Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā (Kṛṣṇa-krīḍāpurī)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim arriving on Dvādaśī, beholding Dvārakā—city gates, temple, ocean—while a symbolic ‘ravine of saṃsāra’ dissolves behind them into light.

Characters & Entities

• Dvārakā
• Kṛṣṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Darśana of Dvārakā—Kṛṣṇa’s sacred city—especially on Dvādaśī, is presented as a direct path toward liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, described as the city of Kṛṣṇa’s divine play (kṛṣṇakrīḍāpurī).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Observing/approaching Dvādaśī (a Vaiṣṇava sacred tithi) and taking darśana of Dvārakā.