Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यंते धन्यास्ते लोकपावनाः । किं वाच्यं द्वारकायात्रां ये प्रकुर्वंति मानवाः । किं पुनर्द्वारकानाथं कृष्णं पश्यंति ये नराः

Transliteration

sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyaṃte dhanyāste lokapāvanāḥ | kiṃ vācyaṃ dvārakāyātrāṃ ye prakurvaṃti mānavāḥ | kiṃ punardvārakānāthaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ paśyaṃti ye narāḥ

Translation

They are freed from all sins—blessed indeed are those who purify the world. What more need be said of people who undertake the pilgrimage to Dvārakā? How much more blessed are those who behold Kṛṣṇa, the Lord of Dvārakā!

Word by Word

• सर्वपापैः: from all sins
• सर्वपापैः: Apadana/Hetu (From—sins as source of release/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन (Plural)

• प्रमुच्यन्ते: are completely freed
• प्रमुच्यन्ते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु) + प्र (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural), आत्मनेपदम्; कर्मणि/मध्यवाच्य-प्रयोग (Passive/Middle sense)

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

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

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

• किम्: what
• किम्: Karma (Object—‘what’/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (Singular); प्रश्नार्थक (interrogative)

• वाच्यम्: to be said/expressed
• वाच्यम्: Karma (Predicate complement/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वच् (धातु) → वाच्य (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (Singular); क्तव्यत्/यत्-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive: ‘to be said’)

• द्वारकायात्राम्: the pilgrimage to Dvārakā
• द्वारकायात्राम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वारका (प्रातिपदिक) + यात्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (pilgrimage to Dvārakā)

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

• प्रकुर्वन्ति: perform/undertake
• प्रकुर्वन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) + प्र (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural), परस्मैपदम्; धातु: कृ

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

• किम्: what
• किम्: Karma (Object—‘what’/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (Singular); प्रश्नार्थक (interrogative)

• पुनः: moreover
• पुनः: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरर्थक अव्यय (adverb: ‘again/moreover’)

• द्वारकानाथम्: the Lord of Dvārakā
• द्वारकानाथम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वारका (प्रातिपदिक) + नाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (Lord of Dvārakā)

• कृष्णम्: Kṛṣṇa
• कृष्णम्: Karma (Object apposition/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• पश्यन्ति: see
• पश्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural), परस्मैपदम्; धातु: दृश्

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

• नराः: men/people
• नराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced from Prabhāsakhaṇḍa māhātmya-style narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A stream of pilgrims entering Dvārakā’s gates, bathing at Gomati, then standing before the sanctum where Kṛṣṇa as Dvārakānātha radiates; dark stains (sins) dissolve into light around them.

Characters & Entities

• Dvārakā
• Kṛṣṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage and especially divine darśana are supreme purifiers, elevating both the pilgrim and the world.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, and the darśana of Dvārakānātha Kṛṣṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dvārakā-yātrā (pilgrimage) and darśana of Kṛṣṇa in Dvārakā.