Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

गवां कोटिसहस्राणि रत्नको टिशतानि च । दत्त्वा यत्फलमाप्नोति तत्फलं कृष्णसन्निधौ

Transliteration

gavāṃ koṭisahasrāṇi ratnako ṭiśatāni ca | dattvā yatphalamāpnoti tatphalaṃ kṛṣṇasannidhau

Translation

Le mérite que l’on obtient en offrant des milliers de koṭi de vaches et des centaines de koṭi de joyaux—ce même mérite se trouve dans la présence de Kṛṣṇa.

Word by Word

• गवाम्: of cows
• गवाम्: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-बहुवचन (Feminine, Genitive, Plural)

• कोटि: crore
• कोटि: Samāsa-pūrvapada (compound member)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोटि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन (Feminine, Nominative, Singular) (समासाङ्ग)

• सहस्राणि: thousands
• सहस्राणि: Karma (Object/कर्म) (implied with ‘dattvā’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-बहुवचन (Neuter, Nominative, Plural)

• कोटि-सहस्राणि: thousands of crores
• कोटि-सहस्राणि: Karma (Object/कर्म) (with ‘dattvā’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोटि + सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक-समूह)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-बहुवचन (Neuter, Nom./Acc., Plural); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (thousands of crores)

• रत्न: gems
• रत्न: Samāsa-pūrvapada (compound member)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन (Neuter, Nominative, Singular) (समासाङ्ग)

• कोटि: crore
• कोटि: Samāsa-pūrvapada (compound member)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोटि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन (Feminine, Nominative, Singular) (समासाङ्ग)

• शतानि: hundreds
• शतानि: Karma (Object/कर्म) (with ‘dattvā’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-बहुवचन (Neuter, Nom./Acc., Plural)

• रत्न-कोटि-शतानि: hundreds of crores of gems
• रत्न-कोटि-शतानि: Karma (Object/कर्म) (with ‘dattvā’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रत्न + कोटि + शत (प्रातिपदिक-समूह)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-बहुवचन (Neuter, Nom./Acc., Plural); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (hundreds of crores of gems)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• दत्त्वा: having given
• दत्त्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दा (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/absolutive)

• यत्: which/that (relative)
• यत्: Viśeṣaṇa (correlative with ‘tat’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म) of ‘āpnoti’
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• यत्-फलम्: whatever fruit/result
• यत्-फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् + फल (प्रातिपदिक-समूह)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular); ‘that which is a fruit’ (relative)

• आप्नोति: attains
• आप्नोति: Kriyā (verb of relative clause)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (Present, 3rd person, Singular, Parasmaipada)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Viśeṣaṇa (correlative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म) (elliptic: ‘(one attains) that fruit’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• तत्-फलम्: that same fruit
• तत्-फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् + फल (प्रातिपदिक-समूह)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• कृष्ण: of Kṛṣṇa
• कृष्ण: Samāsa-pūrvapada (compound member)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-एकवचन (Masculine, Genitive, Singular) (समासाङ्ग)

• सन्निधौ: in the presence
• सन्निधौ: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सन्निधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-एकवचन (Masculine, Locative, Singular)

• कृष्ण-सन्निधौ: in Kṛṣṇa’s presence
• कृष्ण-सन्निधौ: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण + सन्निधि (प्रातिपदिक-समूह)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-एकवचन (Masculine, Locative, Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (in Kṛṣṇa’s presence)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced from Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā (Kṛṣṇa-sannidhi)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devotees before Kṛṣṇa’s shrine; symbolic heaps of cows and jewels fade into the background as the focal glow is Kṛṣṇa’s presence, indicating that darśana eclipses material magnitude.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa
• Go-dāna (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Direct nearness to the Divine can equal or surpass vast external acts of charity in spiritual fruit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dwārakā as the place of Kṛṣṇa’s saṃnidhi (holy presence).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dāna is referenced (cow-gifts and jewel-gifts), but the verse emphasizes attaining equivalent merit through Kṛṣṇa’s presence.