Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

श्रीनारद उवाच । राशयः पुण्य पुंजानां कृता युष्माभिरुत्तमाः । तज्जन्मना सहस्रैस्तु यद्दृष्टं कृष्णमंदिरम्

Transliteration

śrīnārada uvāca | rāśayaḥ puṇya puṃjānāṃ kṛtā yuṣmābhiruttamāḥ | tajjanmanā sahasraistu yaddṛṣṭaṃ kṛṣṇamaṃdiram

Translation

ശ്രീ നാരദൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ഹേ ഉത്തമന്മാരേ, നിങ്ങൾ പുണ്യപുഞ്ജങ്ങളുടെ കൂമ്പാരങ്ങൾ സമ്പാദിച്ചിരിക്കുന്നു; ആയിരം ജന്മങ്ങൾക്കു ശേഷം മാത്രമേ കൃഷ്ണമന്ദിരദർശനം ലഭിക്കൂ।

Word by Word

• श्री-नारदः: revered Narada
• श्री-नारदः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक) + नारद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (श्रीमान् नारदः)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/परिपूर्ण), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• राशयः: heaps / masses
• राशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राशि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन

• पुण्यपुञ्जानाम्: of heaps of merit
• पुण्यपुञ्जानाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक) + पुञ्ज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (पुण्यानां पुञ्जाः = heaps of merit)

• कृताः: made / accumulated
• कृताः: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; कर्तरि-प्रयोगे ‘made/accumulated’

• युष्माभिः: by you (all)
• युष्माभिः: Kartr-karana (Agent-instrument/कर्तृकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: त्रिलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन

• उत्तमाः: excellent
• उत्तमाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (राशयः इति)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (जन्मना इति)

• जन्मना: by (that) birth
• जन्मना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन

• सहस्रैः: by thousands
• सहस्रैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन

• तु: indeed / but
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधारण/विरोधसूचक-निपात (particle)

• यत्: which
• यत्: Sambandha (Relative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• दृष्टम्: was seen
• दृष्टम्: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; कर्मणि-भावः (seen)

• कृष्णमन्दिरम्: Krishna’s temple
• कृष्णमन्दिरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक) + मन्दिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (कृष्णस्य मन्दिरम्)

Speaker

Nārada

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā (Kṛṣṇa-mandira darśana)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: yūyam uttamāḥ (addressed devotees/sages/pilgrims in the narrative)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nārada, radiant with vīṇā, addresses pilgrims/sages before a resplendent Kṛṣṇa temple at Dvārakā; the sea-wind, flags, and lamps emphasize the rarity of darśana earned over countless births.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Kṛṣṇa
• Kṛṣṇa-mandira
• Dvārakā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Darśana of the Lord’s abode is portrayed as a rare fruit of vast accumulated puṇya, encouraging reverence for pilgrimage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kṛṣṇa’s mandira at Dvārakā, presented as difficult to attain even across many births.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is prescribed; the verse emphasizes the spiritual qualification (puṇya) behind sacred darśana.