Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 151

Devanagari script

कृष्णस्य द्वारकां गत्वा यथास्माकं गतिर्भवेत् । विफलं तव संजाता न कृतं यदुपार्ज्जितम्

Transliteration

kṛṣṇasya dvārakāṃ gatvā yathāsmākaṃ gatirbhavet | viphalaṃ tava saṃjātā na kṛtaṃ yadupārjjitam

Translation

Ve a Dvārakā de Kṛṣṇa, para que tu destino llegue a ser como el nuestro (liberado). De lo contrario, tu empeño se volverá estéril: el mérito que hayas ganado no dará su fruto debido.

Word by Word

• कृष्णस्य: of Kṛṣṇa
• कृष्णस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Genitive singular

• द्वारकाम्: Dvārakā
• द्वारकाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वारका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund); ‘having gone’

• यथा: as, so that
• यथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमान/प्रकारबोधक-अव्यय (adverb/conjunction)

• अस्माकम्: of us
• अस्माकम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Genitive plural

• गतिः: state, destiny, course
• गतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular

• भवेत्: may be, would become
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (सम्भावना/आशीः), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; Optative 3rd singular

• विफलम्: fruitless
• विफलम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विफल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (कृतम्/यदुपार्ज्जितम्) विशेषण; ‘fruitless’

• तव: your
• तव: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Genitive singular

• संजाता: has arisen
• संजाता: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + जात (प्रातिपदिक; जन्-धातु-निष्पन्न)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (गति:) विशेषण; ‘has arisen/occurred’

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• कृतम्: done (deed)
• कृतम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृत (प्रातिपदिक; कृ-धातु-निष्पन्न)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle)

• यदु-उपार्जितम्: earned by the Yadus
• यदु-उपार्जितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यदु + उपार्जित (प्रातिपदिक; उप + अर्ज्-धातु-निष्पन्न)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (कृतम्) विशेषण; ‘acquired by the Yadus’

Speaker

Pretāḥ (departed spirits)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim is exhorted by a venerable speaker toward the sea-girt city of Dvārakā; the road opens toward temple spires and the western ocean, suggesting that only this destination makes prior austerities bear fruit.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa
• Dvārakā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage undertaken with faith to the Lord’s own sacred city can transform destiny and restore the fruit of dharmic effort.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kṛṣṇa’s Dvārakā (with the broader context of Gomatī tīrtha).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dvārakā-yātrā (going on pilgrimage to Dvārakā) for attaining the same liberating outcome described by the Pretas.