Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 52

Devanagari script

त्रिकालं जगतीनाथ रुक्मिणीदर्शनाय च । सफला भारती तस्य कृष्णकृष्णेति या वदेत्

Transliteration

trikālaṃ jagatīnātha rukmiṇīdarśanāya ca | saphalā bhāratī tasya kṛṣṇakṛṣṇeti yā vadet

Translation

ഹേ ജഗന്നാഥാ! ത്രികാലങ്ങളിലും റുക്മിണീ-ദർശനാർത്ഥവും ‘കൃഷ്ണ, കൃഷ്ണ’ എന്നു ജപിക്കുന്നവന്റെ വാക്ക് നിശ്ചയമായി ഫലവത്താകുന്നു.

Word by Word

• त्रिकालम्: thrice (at the three times)
• त्रिकालम्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: त्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समासः; अव्ययवत् क्रियाविशेषणम् (adverbial: three times a day)

• जगतीनाथ: O Lord of the world
• जगतीनाथ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक) + नाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (जगतः नाथः)

• रुक्मिणीदर्शनाय: for (obtaining) Rukmiṇī’s दर्शन
• रुक्मिणीदर्शनाय: Sampradana (Purpose/Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुक्मिणी (प्रातिपदिक) + दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (4th/Dative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (रुक्मिण्याः दर्शनम्)

• च: and
• च: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-निपात (conjunction)

• सफला: fruitful/successful
• सफला: Karta (Subject-complement/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सफल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भारती इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• भारती: speech/utterance
• भारती: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तस्य: of him/of that (person)
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (pronoun), षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कृष्ण: Krishna
• कृष्ण: None
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; इति-पूर्वं उद्धरणपदम् (quoted word)

• कृष्ण: Krishna
• कृष्ण: None
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति (repetition)

• इति: thus
• इति: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण-निपात (quotative particle)

• या: who (she/that speech which)
• या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक-यः/या (relative pronoun)

• वदेत्: should say/utters
• वदेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वद् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Sūta (deduced from Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa māhātmya narration context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā (with Rukmiṇī-darśana focus)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim at Dvārakā at dawn, noon, and dusk, hands folded, softly repeating ‘Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa’ while approaching the shrine where Kṛṣṇa is envisioned with Rukmiṇī; lamps and sea-breeze frame the sacred city.

Characters & Entities

• Jagatīnātha
• Rukmiṇī
• Kṛṣṇa
• Trikāla

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Nāma-japa—repeating Kṛṣṇa’s name—makes one’s devotion effective and spiritually fruitful.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā’s sacred atmosphere of Kṛṣṇa and Rukmiṇī darśana is implied as the devotional goal.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Trikāla nāma-japa: uttering ‘Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa’ regularly at the three daily times, linked with seeking darśana.