Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

कैलासशिखरावासं श्वेताभ्रमिव निर्मलम् । प्रासादं कृष्णदेवस्य यः पश्यति नरोत्तमः

Transliteration

kailāsaśikharāvāsaṃ śvetābhramiva nirmalam | prāsādaṃ kṛṣṇadevasya yaḥ paśyati narottamaḥ

Translation

That best of men who beholds the palace of Lord Kṛṣṇa—like a dwelling upon Kailāsa’s peak, spotless and radiant like a white cloud—truly attains the blessed vision of the Lord’s sacred abode.

Word by Word

• कैलासशिखरावासम्: a dwelling on the peak of Kailāsa
• कैलासशिखरावासम्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कैलास (प्रातिपदिक) + शिखर (प्रातिपदिक) + आवास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine); ‘कैलासस्य शिखरे आवासः’ इति बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः

• श्वेताभ्रम्: a white cloud
• श्वेताभ्रम्: उपमान (Standard of comparison)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्वेत (प्रातिपदिक) + अभ्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter); ‘श्वेतम् अभ्रम्’ इति कर्मधारयः

• इव: like
• इव: उपमा (Comparison marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमा-अव्यय (comparative particle)

• निर्मलम्: spotless, pure
• निर्मलम्: कर्म-विशेषण (Qualifier of object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्मल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter); कर्म-विशेषणम् (prāsādaṃ qualifies)

• प्रासादम्: palace, temple-building
• प्रासादम्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रासाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine)

• कृष्णदेवस्य: of Lord Kṛṣṇa
• कृष्णदेवस्य: सम्बन्ध (Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक) + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine); ‘कृष्णः देवः’ इति कर्मधारयः (नामधेय)

• यः: who
• यः: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine)

• पश्यति: sees
• पश्यति: क्रिया (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• नरोत्तमः: the best of men
• नरोत्तमः: कर्ता (Subject/apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine); ‘उत्तमः नरः’ इति कर्मधारयः

Speaker

Unspecified (narrative voice within Dvārakā Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā-prāsāda-darśana (Kṛṣṇa’s abode)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim stands awestruck before a luminous white palace-temple of Kṛṣṇa, gleaming like a spotless cloud; the structure appears elevated like Kailāsa’s summit, with radiant terraces and divine light spilling outward.

Characters & Entities

• Kailāsa
• Kṛṣṇa
• Dvārakā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Darśana (reverent seeing) of the Lord’s abode is itself purifying and spiritually elevating.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, celebrated as the resplendent abode/palace-city of Lord Kṛṣṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed; the emphasis is on the merit of beholding (darśana) the sacred palace/abode.