Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 176

Devanagari script

कृष्णं कृष्णपुरीं गत्वा योऽर्च्चयेत्तुलसीदलैः । प्राप्तं जन्मफलं तेन तारिताः प्रपितामहाः

Transliteration

kṛṣṇaṃ kṛṣṇapurīṃ gatvā yo'rccayettulasīdalaiḥ | prāptaṃ janmaphalaṃ tena tāritāḥ prapitāmahāḥ

Translation

Barangsiapa pergi ke kota Śrī Kṛṣṇa dan memuja Kṛṣṇa dengan daun tulasī, ia memperoleh buah kelahiran sebagai manusia, dan para leluhurnya pun diselamatkan.

Word by Word

• kṛṣṇam: Kṛṣṇa
• kṛṣṇam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛṣṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• kṛṣṇapurīm: to Kṛṣṇa’s city
• kṛṣṇapurīm: Karma (Goal/Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛṣṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + purī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः

• gatvā: having gone
• gatvā: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund)

• yaḥ: who (he)
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक-सर्वनाम

• arccayet: should worship
• arccayet: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: arc (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• tulasīdalaiḥ: with tulasī leaves
• tulasīdalaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tulasī (प्रातिपदिक) + dala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (tulasyaḥ dalāni)

• prāptam: is obtained
• prāptam: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-āp (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; भावे/कर्मणि प्रयोग (has been obtained)

• janmaphalam: the fruit of (one’s) birth
• janmaphalam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: janma (प्रातिपदिक) + phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (janmanaḥ phalam)

• tena: by him; thereby
• tena: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• tāritāḥ: are delivered
• tāritāḥ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: tṝ (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (have been delivered)

• prapitāmahāḥ: great-grandfathers; ancestors
• prapitāmahāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prapitāmaha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

Speaker

Traditional Māhātmya narrator (contextual; exact speaker not in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā (Kṛṣṇapurī)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim arrives at Dvārakā’s Kṛṣṇa shrine, offering fresh tulasī leaves at the deity’s feet; behind him, subtle ancestral figures are shown being uplifted by the merit.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa
• Kṛṣṇapurī (Dwārakā)
• Tulasī
• Ancestors (Pitr̥s)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worship of Kṛṣṇa in Dwārakā with tulasī fulfills life’s purpose and benefits one’s ancestors.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kṛṣṇapurī/Dwārakā, the city where Kṛṣṇa is worshiped.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Arcana (worship) of Kṛṣṇa using tulasī leaves, performed after going to Dwārakā.