Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 107

Devanagari script

हेमभारसहस्रैस्तु दत्तैर्यत्फलमाप्यते । तत्फलं कोटिगुणितं कृष्णवक्त्रावलोकनात्

Transliteration

hemabhārasahasraistu dattairyatphalamāpyate | tatphalaṃ koṭiguṇitaṃ kṛṣṇavaktrāvalokanāt

Translation

The fruit obtained by giving thousands of loads of gold becomes multiplied a crore-fold by beholding the face of Kṛṣṇa.

Word by Word

• हेमभारसहस्रैः: by thousands of loads of gold
• हेमभारसहस्रैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हेम + भार + सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Masculine, Instrumental plural (by thousands of loads of gold)

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण/विरोधार्थक-निपातः — Particle (but/indeed)

• दत्तैः: given (as gifts)
• दत्तैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दा (धातु) + क्त (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकृत् (क्त) कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘हेमभारसहस्रैः’ इति विशेषणम् — Past passive participle, masculine instrumental plural (given)

• यत्: which (that)
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचकं (यत्…तत्) — Neuter singular relative pronoun

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — Neuter singular

• आप्यते: is obtained
• आप्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपदम्; कर्मणि-प्रयोगः — Present, 3rd person singular, ātmanepada, passive sense (is obtained)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — Neuter singular demonstrative

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — Neuter singular

• कोटिगुणितम्: multiplied ten-million-fold
• कोटिगुणितम्: Karta (Subject complement/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कोटि + गुणित (प्रातिपदिक; √गुण्/गण् + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘फलम्’ इति विशेषणम् — Neuter singular adjective (multiplied a crore-fold)

• कृष्णवक्त्रावलोकनात्: from seeing Krishna’s face
• कृष्णवक्त्रावलोकनात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण + वक्त्र + अवलोकन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; हेतौ — Neuter, Ablative singular (because of)

Speaker

Unspecified (Dvārakā Māhātmya narrative voice; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kṛṣṇa-mukha-darśana at Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant Kṛṣṇa visage at the temple threshold; heaps of gold in the background fade in importance as a beam of grace multiplies merit like expanding light.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Direct devotional encounter (darśana) with the Lord surpasses even immense material charity in spiritual fruit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, as the devotional setting where Kṛṣṇa’s darśana is praised as supremely meritorious.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied practice: seek Kṛṣṇa-vaktra-avalokana (reverent beholding of Kṛṣṇa), presented as extraordinarily fruitful.