Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

पुरा कृष्णो महातेजा यदा प्रभासमागतः । सहितो यादवैः सर्वैः षट्पञ्चाशतिकोटिभिः

Transliteration

purā kṛṣṇo mahātejā yadā prabhāsamāgataḥ | sahito yādavaiḥ sarvaiḥ ṣaṭpañcāśatikoṭibhiḥ

Translation

Einst, als der überaus strahlende Kṛṣṇa nach Prabhāsa kam, wurde er von allen Yādavas begleitet — ihrer Zahl nach sechsundfünfzig Krore.

Word by Word

• पुरा: formerly, once
• पुरा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• कृष्णः: Krishna
• कृष्णः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• महातेजाः: of great splendor
• महातेजाः: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महातेजस् (प्रातिपदिक: महा + तेजस्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (qualifying ‘कृष्णः’)

• यदा: when
• यदा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदा (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बन्ध-बोधक अव्यय (relative temporal adverb: ‘when’)

• प्रभासम्: to Prabhāsa
• प्रभासम्: Karma (Goal/Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); गत्यर्थकर्म (goal with motion)

• आगतः: having come, arrived
• आगतः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past participle), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्तरि-प्रयोग (active sense)

• सहितः: accompanied
• सहितः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहित (प्रातिपदिक; √सह ‘to accompany’ से निष्पन्न)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सहार्थक विशेषण (‘accompanied’)

• यादवैः: with the Yādavas
• यादवैः: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यादव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• सर्वैः: all
• सर्वैः: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘यादवैः’)

• षट्पञ्चाशतिकोटिभिः: with fifty-six crores (of them)
• षट्पञ्चाशतिकोटिभिः: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: षट् + पञ्चाशत् + कोटि (प्रातिपदिक-समूह)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine; ‘कोटि’), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural); संख्याविशेषण-पूर्वपदसमास (numeral determinative)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (narrating the origin story)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vast procession of Yādavas with banners and chariots approaching the coastal Prabhāsa kṣetra; Kṛṣṇa radiant at the center, conch and discus motifs, sea and temple silhouettes; the enormity suggested by layered ranks rather than literal counting.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa
• Prabhāsa
• Yādavas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The tīrtha’s greatness is anchored in divine history—Kṛṣṇa’s presence sanctifies Prabhāsa and frames the site’s significance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra broadly, as the stage for the forthcoming Gopyāditya origin narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it begins the narrative context for the tīrtha’s origin.