Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

अथ ते मुनयः सर्वे तीर्थक्षेत्रादिसंयुताः । श्रीमत्कृष्णालयं दूराद्ददृशुर्नारदादयः

Transliteration

atha te munayaḥ sarve tīrthakṣetrādisaṃyutāḥ | śrīmatkṛṣṇālayaṃ dūrāddadṛśurnāradādayaḥ

Translation

അനന്തരം ആ എല്ലാ മുനിമാരും—തീർത്ഥക്ഷേത്രാദികളുടെ ശക്തിയോടെ കൂടെ—നാരദാദികളുടെ നേതൃത്വത്തിൽ, ദൂരത്തുനിന്നുതന്നെ ശ്രീകൃഷ്ണന്റെ ശ്രീമദ് ആലയത്തെ ദർശിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• अथ: then
• अथ: Nipata (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अनुक्रम/आरम्भसूचक (indeclinable: then/now)

• ते: those
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Pronoun; Masculine, Nominative, Plural)

• मुनयः: sages
• मुनयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Plural)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘मुनयः’ इति पदस्य विशेषणम् (Masculine, Nom, Plural; adjectival)

• तीर्थ-क्षेत्र-आदि-संयुताः: accompanied by tīrthas, kṣetras, etc.
• तीर्थ-क्षेत्र-आदि-संयुताः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक) + सम् + √युज् (धातु) → संयुत (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुष-समास; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘मुनयः’ इति पदस्य विशेषणम् (Masculine, Nom, Plural)

• श्रीमत्-कृष्ण-आलयम्: the abode of glorious Kṛṣṇa
• श्रीमत्-कृष्ण-आलयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमत् (प्रातिपदिक) + कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक) + आलय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुष-समास (श्रीमान् कृष्णः यस्य आलयः), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• दूरात्: from afar
• दूरात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दूरात् (अव्यय/तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त)
• Form: अव्यय, अपादानार्थक (ablatival adverb: ‘from afar’)

• ददृशुः: saw
• ददृशुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद (3rd person plural)

• नारद-आदयः: Nārada and others
• नारद-आदयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (नारदः आदिः येषां ते), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘मुनयः’ इत्यस्य अप्पोजिशन (Masculine, Nom, Plural)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice; speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śrīmat-Kṛṣṇālaya (Dvārakā)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A line of radiant sages led by Nārada, carrying ascetic staffs and vīṇā, approaching and beholding from afar the gleaming abode of Kṛṣṇa; behind them, subtle personifications of tīrthas and kṣetras accompany like luminous attendants.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Śrī Kṛṣṇa
• Dvārakā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy places culminate in the vision of the Lord; the highest fruit of tīrtha-yātrā is darśana of Bhagavān.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā as the śrīmat-kṛṣṇālaya—Kṛṣṇa’s illustrious abode.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the emphasis is on approaching and beholding the Lord’s abode (darśana).