Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 43

Devanagari script

धन्यास्ते मानुषे लोके पुत्रपौत्रप्रपौत्रकाः । दृष्ट्वा श्रीसोमनाथं तु कृष्णं पश्यंति द्वारकाम्

Transliteration

dhanyāste mānuṣe loke putrapautraprapautrakāḥ | dṛṣṭvā śrīsomanāthaṃ tu kṛṣṇaṃ paśyaṃti dvārakām

Translation

Bienheureux dans le monde des hommes sont ceux qui, avec leurs fils, petits-fils et arrière-petits-fils, contemplent Śrī Somanātha, puis contemplent Kṛṣṇa à Dvārakā.

Word by Word

• धन्याः: blessed
• धन्याः: Karta/Predicate adjective (कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• ते: they / those (people)
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• मानुषे: human
• मानुषे: Adhikarana (Location qualifier/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मानुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषण (लोके)

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• पुत्रपौत्रप्रपौत्रकाः: (having) sons, grandsons, and great-grandsons
• पुत्रपौत्रप्रपौत्रकाः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र + पौत्र + प्रपौत्रक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (sons, grandsons, great-grandsons)

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय-भाव (gerund/absolutive), 'having seen'

• श्रीसोमनाथम्: Śrī Somanātha
• श्रीसोमनाथम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीसोमनाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (श्री + सोमनाथ)

• तु: indeed / and then
• तु: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/विरोधार्थक-निपात (particle: 'but/indeed')

• कृष्णम्: Kṛṣṇa
• कृष्णम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• पश्यन्ति: see
• पश्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• द्वारकाम्: Dvārakā
• द्वारकाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वारका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified (contextual narrator within Dvārakā Māhātmya; likely a Purāṇic narrator addressing a listener about pilgrimage merit)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Somnātha (Prabhāsa) and Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim family—elders, sons, grandsons—moves from the moon-crested Somnātha liṅga shrine to the sea-girt Dvārakā temple of Kṛṣṇa, carrying lamps and offerings; the journey itself is depicted as auspicious.

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Somanātha
• Kṛṣṇa
• Dvārakā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is praised as a family-uplifting act: seeing Somanātha and then Kṛṣṇa at Dvārakā is declared highly auspicious across generations.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa (Śrī Somanātha/Somnath) and Dvārakā (Kṛṣṇa’s sacred city).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana (holy viewing) of Somanātha followed by darśana of Kṛṣṇa in Dvārakā.