Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 134

Devanagari script

प्रणम्य सोमनाथं तु यात्रां कृत्वा न गच्छति । कृष्णस्य दर्शनार्थाय तस्य किं जायते फलम्

Transliteration

praṇamya somanāthaṃ tu yātrāṃ kṛtvā na gacchati | kṛṣṇasya darśanārthāya tasya kiṃ jāyate phalam

Translation

Si quelqu’un se prosterne devant Somanātha et entreprend le pèlerinage, mais ne poursuit pas sa route pour obtenir la vision (darśana) de Kṛṣṇa, quel fruit recueille-t-il donc ?

Word by Word

• प्रणम्य: having bowed
• प्रणम्य: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier of main action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-नम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive), धातु: प्र-नम्; अर्थे: पूर्वकर्म (having bowed)

• सोमनाथम्: Somanātha (Lord of Soma)
• सोमनाथम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोमनाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; समास: सोमस्य नाथः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), विरोध/विशेषार्थे (but/indeed)

• यात्राम्: pilgrimage/journey
• यात्राम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यात्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• कृत्वा: having performed
• कृत्वा: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive), धातु: कृ; अर्थे: पूर्वकर्म (having done)

• न: not
• न: Negation
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध (negation particle)

• गच्छति: goes
• गच्छति: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• कृष्णस्य: of Kṛṣṇa
• कृष्णस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन

• दर्शनार्थाय: for the purpose of seeing
• दर्शनार्थाय: Sampradana/Prayojana (Purpose/Dative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative), एकवचन; समास: दर्शनस्य अर्थः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष), प्रयोजनार्थे (for the purpose)

• तस्य: of him/of that (person)
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन

• किम्: what
• किम्: Karma (Object complement of ‘jāyate’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन; प्रश्नार्थक (interrogative)

• जायते: arises/is produced
• जायते: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrative instructor within Dvārakā-māhātmya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Somnātha (Prabhāsa) and Dvārakā (Kṛṣṇa-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim bows before Somnātha’s liṅga at the seashore; a road/path leads onward with a distant vision of Dvārakā’s spires, suggesting the unfinished journey toward Kṛṣṇa.

Characters & Entities

• Somanātha
• Kṛṣṇa
• Prabhāsa
• Dvārakā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is meant to culminate in transformative darśana; incomplete yātrā is portrayed as spiritually deficient.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Somanātha at Prabhāsa and the onward journey to Dvārakā for Kṛṣṇa-darśana.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A yātrā pattern: bow at Somanātha and proceed to Dvārakā for Kṛṣṇa’s दर्शन.