Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

कोटिभारं सुवर्णस्य ग्रहणे चंद्रसूर्ययोः । दत्त्वा यत्फलमाप्नोति तत्फलं कृष्णदर्शने

Transliteration

koṭibhāraṃ suvarṇasya grahaṇe caṃdrasūryayoḥ | dattvā yatphalamāpnoti tatphalaṃ kṛṣṇadarśane

Translation

Pahala yang diperoleh dengan mendermakan emas seberat satu crore pada saat gerhana bulan atau matahari—pahala yang sama diraih hanya dengan memandang Śrī Kṛṣṇa (di Dvārakā).

Word by Word

• कोटिभारम्: a crore-weight (vast amount)
• कोटिभारम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोटि + भार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: कोट्याः भारः / कोटि-परिमाणो भारः)

• सुवर्णस्य: of gold
• सुवर्णस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुवर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ग्रहणे: at an eclipse
• ग्रहणे: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्रहण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• चन्द्रसूर्ययोः: of the moon and the sun
• चन्द्रसूर्ययोः: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चन्द्र + सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, द्विवचन; द्वन्द्व-समासः (चन्द्रश्च सूर्यश्च)

• दत्त्वा: having given
• दत्त्वा: Kriya (Adverbial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund); पूर्वक्रिया

• यत्: which/whatever
• यत्: Sambandha (Relative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative)

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• आप्नोति: obtains
• आप्नोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• तत्: that
• तत्: Sambandha (Correlative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; correlative ‘that’

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: Karma (Result/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• कृष्णदर्शने: in/at the sight of Krishna
• कृष्णदर्शने: Adhikarana (Occasion/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण + दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: कृष्णस्य दर्शनम्)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced from Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvāravatī (Dvārakā)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dramatic eclipse scene with heaps of gold being offered fades into the foreground where a devotee simply beholds Kṛṣṇa in Dvārakā; the devotee’s gaze is the ‘offering,’ and Kṛṣṇa’s eyes meet theirs.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa
• Candra
• Sūrya
• Grahaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Darśana (sacred sight) of Bhagavān—here, Kṛṣṇa at Dvārakā—is portrayed as a supremely accessible source of puṇya, equaling even extraordinary acts of eclipse-time charity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, celebrated in the Dvārakā Māhātmya section of the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa, where Kṛṣṇa-darśana is extolled as highly meritorious.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Grahaṇa-dāna—donating gold during lunar or solar eclipses—is cited as a benchmark of merit, against which the fruit of Kṛṣṇa-darśana is equated.