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

ചന്ദ്രഗ്രഹണമോ സൂര്യഗ്രഹണമോ സമയത്ത് കോടി-ഭാരം സ്വർണം ദാനം ചെയ്താൽ ലഭിക്കുന്ന പുണ്യഫലം, ദ്വാരകയിൽ ശ്രീകൃഷ്ണദർശനമാത്രം കൊണ്ടുതന്നെ ലഭിക്കുന്നു।

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.