Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

धन्यास्ते कृतकृत्यास्ते ते जना लोकपावनाः । दृष्टं कृष्णमुखं यैस्तु पापकोट्ययुतापहम्

Transliteration

dhanyāste kṛtakṛtyāste te janā lokapāvanāḥ | dṛṣṭaṃ kṛṣṇamukhaṃ yaistu pāpakoṭyayutāpaham

Translation

Blessed indeed, fulfilled indeed, are those people—purifiers of the world—who have beheld Kṛṣṇa’s face, for it removes tens of millions of crores of sins.

Word by Word

• धन्याः: blessed, fortunate
• धन्याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• ते: those
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• कृतकृत्याः: having accomplished what should be done; fulfilled
• कृतकृत्याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत-कृत्य (प्रातिपदिक; कृत (कृ धातु) + कृत्य)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• ते: those
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• जनाः: people
• जनाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• लोकपावनाः: purifiers of the world
• लोकपावनाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लोक-पावन (प्रातिपदिक; लोक + पावन)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• दृष्टम्: seen
• दृष्टम्: Karma (Object/कर्म) (as ‘seen’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु) → दृष्ट (कृदन्त-भूतकर्मणि)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (Singular)

• कृष्णमुखम्: Krishna’s face
• कृष्णमुखम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण-मुख (प्रातिपदिक; कृष्ण + मुख)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• यैः: by whom; by those who
• यैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन (Plural)

• तु: indeed, but
• तु: Sambandha/Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle/emphasis)

• पापकोट्ययुतापहम्: removing tens of millions of crores of sins (i.e., vast sins)
• पापकोट्ययुतापहम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण) of कृष्णमुखम्
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप-कोटि-अयुत-अपह (प्रातिपदिक; पाप + कोटि + अयुत + अपह)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced: Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa narrative voice addressing a king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A crowd of devotees beholds Kṛṣṇa’s serene face; a radiant light emanates, symbolically incinerating dark clouds of sin; the onlookers appear ‘kṛtakṛtya’—fulfilled and calm.

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Kṛṣṇa
• Kṛṣṇa-mukha (face of Kṛṣṇa)
• Dvārakā (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine darśana—especially of Kṛṣṇa—purifies profoundly and is portrayed as the fulfillment of human life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā by context, as the setting for Kṛṣṇa’s darśana in this māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No formal rite; the act emphasized is darśana (beholding) of Kṛṣṇa.