Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 94

Devanagari script

प्रेतत्वं नैव तस्यास्ति न याम्या नारकी व्यथा । येन द्वारवतीं गत्वा कृतं कृष्णाऽवलोकनम्

Transliteration

pretatvaṃ naiva tasyāsti na yāmyā nārakī vyathā | yena dvāravatīṃ gatvā kṛtaṃ kṛṣṇā'valokanam

Translation

Wer nach Dvāravatī geht und Kṛṣṇa schaut, für den gibt es keinen Zustand als Preta, keine Qualen im Reich Yamas und keinen Schmerz der Hölle.

Word by Word

• प्रेतत्वम्: state of being a preta (ghosthood)
• प्रेतत्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रेतत्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negative particle)

• एव: indeed/at all
• एव: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• तस्य: of him/of that person
• तस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन

• अस्ति: is/exists
• अस्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negative particle)

• याम्या: Yama-related (of the realm of Yama)
• याम्या: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: याम्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (vyathāyāḥ)

• नारकी: hellish
• नारकी: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नारकी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (vyathāyāḥ)

• व्यथा: pain/torment
• व्यथा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यथा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• येन: by which/whereby
• येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन; सम्बन्धे हेतौ (by which/whereby)

• द्वारवतीम्: Dvārvati (Dvārakā)
• द्वारवतीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वारवती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वकाल (having gone)

• कृतम्: done/performed
• कृतम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past Passive Participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगे (done/performed)

• कृष्णावलोकनम्: seeing/vision of Kṛṣṇa
• कृष्णावलोकनम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक) + अवलोकन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (कृष्णस्य अवलोकनम्)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced: Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvāravatī (Dvārakā)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim stands before Kṛṣṇa in Dvārakā, hands folded; behind the pilgrim, shadowy forms of Yama’s attendants dissolve, symbolizing the end of preta/naraka suffering; temple and sea frame the scene.

Characters & Entities

• Dvāravatī
• Kṛṣṇa
• Yama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kṛṣṇa-darśana in Dvārakā is portrayed as a powerful dispeller of post-death suffering and fear.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvāravatī/Dvārakā as the place of Kṛṣṇa’s presence and saving darśana.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pilgrimage and darśana—going to Dvārakā and beholding Kṛṣṇa.