Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

धन्या च विधवा नारी कृष्णयात्रां करोति या । उद्धरिष्यति लोकेऽस्मिन्कुलानां निरयाच्छतम्

Transliteration

dhanyā ca vidhavā nārī kṛṣṇayātrāṃ karoti yā | uddhariṣyati loke'sminkulānāṃ nirayācchatam

Translation

Blessed too is that widow who undertakes the pilgrimage to Kṛṣṇa; in this very world she will deliver a hundred lineages of her family from hell.

Word by Word

• धन्या: blessed
• धन्या: Karta/Predicate adjective (कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-निपात (conjunction)

• विधवा: widowed
• विधवा: Karta qualifier (कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विधवा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (नारी)

• नारी: woman
• नारी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• कृष्णयात्राम्: pilgrimage/journey to (or for) Kṛṣṇa
• कृष्णयात्राम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्णयात्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (कृष्णस्य यात्रा)

• करोति: does / undertakes
• करोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• या: who
• या: Karta (Relative subject/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक-यः/या (relative pronoun)

• उद्धरिष्यति: will rescue / will uplift
• उद्धरिष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद् + धृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location qualifier/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• कुलानाम्: of (her) families/lineages
• कुलानाम्: Sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• निरयात्: from hell
• निरयात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निरय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• शतम्: a hundred
• शतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; संख्यावाचक (numeral)

Speaker

Unspecified (contextual narrator within Dvārakā Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā (Kṛṣṇa-yātrā)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A widow pilgrim, simply dressed, walks with a small water-pot and prayer beads toward Dvārakā’s shrine; behind her, faint ancestral silhouettes rise upward from a dark naraka-like haze, symbolizing ‘hundred lineages’ uplifted.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa
• Dvārakā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion expressed through pilgrimage has salvific power not only for the pilgrim but also for the family line.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā as the pilgrimage place of Lord Kṛṣṇa (Kṛṣṇa-yātrā).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Undertaking Kṛṣṇa-yātrā—pilgrimage to Dvārakā for Kṛṣṇa’s darśana.