Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

किं फलं गमने तस्यां किं फलं कृष्णदर्शने । कानि तीर्थानि तत्रैव के देवास्तद्वदस्व नः

Transliteration

kiṃ phalaṃ gamane tasyāṃ kiṃ phalaṃ kṛṣṇadarśane | kāni tīrthāni tatraiva ke devāstadvadasva naḥ

Translation

«¿Cuál es el mérito de ir a ese lugar, y cuál es el mérito de contemplar allí a Kṛṣṇa? ¿Qué tīrthas se hallan allí mismo, y qué deidades? Dínoslo.»

Word by Word

• किम्: what
• किम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक

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

• गमने: in going
• गमने: Adhikarana (Domain/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गमन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; विषय/अधिकरणे (in/with regard to going)

• तस्याम्: in that (place)
• तस्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरणे (in that [place])

• किम्: what
• किम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक

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

• कृष्ण-दर्शने: in the sight/vision of Kṛṣṇa
• कृष्ण-दर्शने: Adhikarana (Domain/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण + दर्शन (प्रातिपदिकौ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; ‘कृष्णदर्शने’ = in seeing Kṛṣṇa

• कानि: which
• कानि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; प्रश्नवाचक विशेषण

• तीर्थानि: holy places
• तीर्थानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधारण (emphatic: ‘only/indeed’)

• के: which
• के: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; प्रश्नवाचक विशेषण

• देवाः: gods
• देवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘that’ (referring to the asked matters)

• वदस्व: tell (you)
• वदस्व: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वद् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद (वदस्व)

• नः: to us
• नः: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तम-पुरुष-सर्वनाम, षष्ठी/चतुर्थी (gen./dat.), बहुवचन; ‘to us/for us’

Speaker

Ṛṣis (Sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇas (and by extension the audience at Naimiṣa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A circle of brāhmaṇas respectfully question about Dvārakā’s pilgrimage fruits—merit of going, merit of Kṛṣṇa-darśana, the list of local tīrthas and resident deities—setting a didactic, itinerary-like tone.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa
• Tīrthas (in Dvārakā)
• Devas (local deities)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is evaluated by phala (spiritual fruit), centered on darśana of the Lord and knowledge of the site’s tīrthas and devatās.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā as a kṣetra, with its internal network of tīrthas (to be detailed in subsequent verses).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it requests guidance about practices and sacred locations.