Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

येषां कृष्णालये प्राणा गता दानवनायक । न तेषां पुनरावृत्तिः कल्पकोटिशतैरपि

Transliteration

yeṣāṃ kṛṣṇālaye prāṇā gatā dānavanāyaka | na teṣāṃ punarāvṛttiḥ kalpakoṭiśatairapi

Translation

Ô seigneur des Dānavas, ceux dont le souffle vital s’éteint dans la demeure de Kṛṣṇa (Dvārakā) ne reviennent plus, fût-ce après des centaines de crores de kalpas.

Word by Word

• yeṣām: of whom/whose
• yeṣām: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• kṛṣṇa-ālaye: in Kṛṣṇa’s abode
• kṛṣṇa-ālaye: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛṣṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + ālaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (kṛṣṇasya ālayaḥ)

• prāṇāḥ: life-breaths / lives
• prāṇāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• gatāḥ: gone / departed
• gatāḥ: Kriya-samartha (predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: gam (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (prāṇāḥ qualifies)

• dānava-nāyaka: O leader of the Dānavas
• dānava-nāyaka: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dānava (प्रातिपदिक) + nāyaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (dānavānāṃ nāyakaḥ)

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

• teṣām: of them
• teṣām: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• punar-āvṛttiḥ: return / rebirth
• punar-āvṛttiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: punar (अव्यय) + āvṛtti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; उपपदपूर्वक (punar- as prefix-like)

• kalpa-koṭi-śataiḥ: even by hundreds of crores of kalpas
• kalpa-koṭi-śataiḥ: Karana/Measure (Instrumental of extent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kalpa (प्रातिपदिक) + koṭi (प्रातिपदिक) + śata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; षष्ठी/तत्पुरुष-श्रृंखला (kalpānāṃ koṭīnāṃ śataiḥ)

• api: even
• api: Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), concessive 'even'

Speaker

Prahlāda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee’s last breath leaving the body within radiant Dvārakā, with Kṛṣṇa’s presence implied by temple spires, conch and discus motifs, and the sea’s luminous horizon; attendants chant the name of Hari.

Characters & Entities

• Prahlāda
• Bali
• Kṛṣṇa
• Kṛṣṇālaya (Dvārakā)
• kalpa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇa asserts the salvific power of Kṛṣṇa’s abode: death there is equated with freedom from repeated return.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kṛṣṇālaya—Dvārakā, understood as Kṛṣṇa’s own abode.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; the verse underscores the supreme merit of residing in or reaching Dvārakā at life’s end.