Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 51

Devanagari script

आगत्य यः प्रभासे च कृष्णं पश्यति वै नरः । प्रभासायुतसंख्यं तु फलमाप्नोति यत्नतः

Transliteration

āgatya yaḥ prabhāse ca kṛṣṇaṃ paśyati vai naraḥ | prabhāsāyutasaṃkhyaṃ tu phalamāpnoti yatnataḥ

Translation

ಪ್ರಭಾಸಕ್ಕೆ ಬಂದು ಶ್ರೀಕೃಷ್ಣನ ದರ್ಶನ ಮಾಡುವ ಮನುಷ್ಯನು, ಯತ್ನದಿಂದ ಪ್ರಭಾಸಪುಣ್ಯದ ಅಯುತಸಂಖ್ಯೆಯಷ್ಟು (ಹತ್ತು ಸಾವಿರ ಪ್ರಮಾಣದ) ಫಲವನ್ನು ಪಡೆಯುತ್ತಾನೆ.

Word by Word

• आगत्य: having come
• आगत्य: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), परस्मैपदी; अव्ययभावेन प्रयोगः

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन

• प्रभासे: in Prabhāsa
• प्रभासे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• कृष्णम्: Krishna
• कृष्णम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन

• पश्यति: sees
• पश्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश्य् (दृश्) (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Emphasis/निश्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (assertive particle)

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन; ‘यः’ इत्यस्य अप्पोजिशन

• प्रभासायुतसंख्यम्: counted as ten-thousandfold (Prabhāsa-related)
• प्रभासायुतसंख्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रभास + अयुत + संख्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (प्रभासस्य अयुतसंख्या इव/प्रभास-सम्बद्ध-अयुतसंख्या)

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषार्थक-अव्यय (but/indeed)

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

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

• यत्नतः: with effort
• यत्नतः: Sambandha (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (adverbial ablative), ‘यत्नेन/प्रयत्नात्’ अर्थे

Speaker

Unspecified (contextual narrator within Dvārakā Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa kṣetra (with Kṛṣṇa-darśana)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At Prabhāsa’s luminous shore-temple landscape, a pilgrim beholds Kṛṣṇa in radiant form; behind, the kṣetra glows with layered halos, suggesting ‘ten-thousandfold’ merit cascading like light.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāsa
• Kṛṣṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere pilgrimage and darśana multiply spiritual merit immensely; effort and intentionality are highlighted.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, especially in connection with Kṛṣṇa’s darśana.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Coming to Prabhāsa and performing Kṛṣṇa-darśana with sincere effort.