Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 48
कृष्णकृष्णेति ते नाम प्रातरुत्थाय मानवः । कीर्तयिष्यति यो भक्त्या स याति परमां गतिम्
kṛṣṇakṛṣṇeti te nāma prātarutthāya mānavaḥ | kīrtayiṣyati yo bhaktyā sa yāti paramāṃ gatim
ಯಾವ ಮಾನವನು ಪ್ರಾತಃಕಾಲದಲ್ಲಿ ಎದ್ದು ಭಕ್ತಿಯಿಂದ ‘ಕೃಷ್ಣ, ಕೃಷ್ಣ’ ಎಂದು ನಿನ್ನ ನಾಮವನ್ನು ಕೀರ್ತಿಸುತ್ತಾನೋ, ಅವನು ಪರಮಗತಿಯನ್ನು ಪಡೆಯುತ್ತಾನೆ।
Maheśvara (Śiva)
Scene: A devotee rises at dawn, hands in añjali, softly chanting “Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa,” with first light spreading; subtle vision of Kṛṣṇa’s presence as inner radiance rather than a physical epiphany.
FAQs
Nāma-kīrtana done with bhakti—especially at daybreak—is upheld as a direct means to the highest spiritual attainment.
The verse focuses on practice rather than place; it belongs to the Arbuda setting that later highlights Kṛṣṇatīrtha.
Rising in the morning (prātaḥ-utthāya) and chanting the divine name ‘Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa’ with devotion.