Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 83

Devanagari script

यस्य कस्यापि मासस्य द्वादशी प्राप्य मानवः । कृष्णक्रीडापुरीं दृष्ट्वा मुक्तः संसारगह्वरात्

Transliteration

yasya kasyāpi māsasya dvādaśī prāpya mānavaḥ | kṛṣṇakrīḍāpurīṃ dṛṣṭvā muktaḥ saṃsāragahvarāt

Translation

À la Dvādaśī de n’importe quel mois, quiconque—parvenu là et ayant contemplé la cité où Kṛṣṇa se divertit (Dvārakā)—est délivré du profond ravin du saṃsāra.

Word by Word

• yasya: Of which
• yasya: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular

• kasyāpi: Of any
• kasyāpi: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kim + api (सर्वनाम)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular

• māsasya: Of the month
• māsasya: Sambandha (Relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular

• dvādaśī: The twelfth day (Dvadashi)
• dvādaśī: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvādaśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा) form used as Accusative (Arsha Prayoga), Singular

• prāpya: Having obtained/reached
• prāpya: Purvakalika Kriya (Prior Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + āp (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (Lyap Pratyaya)

• mānavaḥ: Man/Human
• mānavaḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• kṛṣṇakrīḍāpurīm: City of Krishna's sports (Dwarka)
• kṛṣṇakrīḍāpurīm: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛṣṇakrīḍāpurī (kṛṣṇa + krīḍā + purī)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular

• dṛṣṭvā: Having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Purvakalika Kriya (Prior Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (Ktva Pratyaya)

• muktaḥ: Liberated/Free
• muktaḥ: Vidheya (Predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: muc (धातु)
• Form: Past Participle (Kta Pratyaya), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• saṃsāragahvarāt: From the abyss of worldly existence
• saṃsāragahvarāt: Apadana (Separation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃsāragahvara (saṃsāra + gahvara)
• Form: Neuter, Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular

Speaker

Unknown (contextual narrator within Dvārakā Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā (Kṛṣṇa-krīḍāpurī)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim arriving on Dvādaśī, beholding Dvārakā—city gates, temple, ocean—while a symbolic ‘ravine of saṃsāra’ dissolves behind them into light.

Characters & Entities

• Dvārakā
• Kṛṣṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Darśana of Dvārakā—Kṛṣṇa’s sacred city—especially on Dvādaśī, is presented as a direct path toward liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, described as the city of Kṛṣṇa’s divine play (kṛṣṇakrīḍāpurī).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Observing/approaching Dvādaśī (a Vaiṣṇava sacred tithi) and taking darśana of Dvārakā.