Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

अथ ते मुनयः सर्वे तीर्थक्षेत्रादिसंयुताः । श्रीमत्कृष्णालयं दूराद्ददृशुर्नारदादयः

Transliteration

atha te munayaḥ sarve tīrthakṣetrādisaṃyutāḥ | śrīmatkṛṣṇālayaṃ dūrāddadṛśurnāradādayaḥ

Translation

Alors tous ces sages—accompagnés des puissances des tīrtha, des champs sacrés et autres—conduits par Nārada et ses semblables, aperçurent de loin la demeure splendide de Śrī Kṛṣṇa.

Word by Word

• अथ: then
• अथ: Nipata (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अनुक्रम/आरम्भसूचक (indeclinable: then/now)

• ते: those
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Pronoun; Masculine, Nominative, Plural)

• मुनयः: sages
• मुनयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Plural)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘मुनयः’ इति पदस्य विशेषणम् (Masculine, Nom, Plural; adjectival)

• तीर्थ-क्षेत्र-आदि-संयुताः: accompanied by tīrthas, kṣetras, etc.
• तीर्थ-क्षेत्र-आदि-संयुताः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक) + सम् + √युज् (धातु) → संयुत (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुष-समास; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘मुनयः’ इति पदस्य विशेषणम् (Masculine, Nom, Plural)

• श्रीमत्-कृष्ण-आलयम्: the abode of glorious Kṛṣṇa
• श्रीमत्-कृष्ण-आलयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमत् (प्रातिपदिक) + कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक) + आलय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुष-समास (श्रीमान् कृष्णः यस्य आलयः), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• दूरात्: from afar
• दूरात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दूरात् (अव्यय/तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त)
• Form: अव्यय, अपादानार्थक (ablatival adverb: ‘from afar’)

• ददृशुः: saw
• ददृशुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद (3rd person plural)

• नारद-आदयः: Nārada and others
• नारद-आदयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (नारदः आदिः येषां ते), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘मुनयः’ इत्यस्य अप्पोजिशन (Masculine, Nom, Plural)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice; speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śrīmat-Kṛṣṇālaya (Dvārakā)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A line of radiant sages led by Nārada, carrying ascetic staffs and vīṇā, approaching and beholding from afar the gleaming abode of Kṛṣṇa; behind them, subtle personifications of tīrthas and kṣetras accompany like luminous attendants.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Śrī Kṛṣṇa
• Dvārakā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy places culminate in the vision of the Lord; the highest fruit of tīrtha-yātrā is darśana of Bhagavān.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā as the śrīmat-kṛṣṇālaya—Kṛṣṇa’s illustrious abode.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the emphasis is on approaching and beholding the Lord’s abode (darśana).