Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

नित्यं कृष्णपुरीं रम्यां ये स्मरंति गृहे स्थिताः । न तेषां पातकं किंचिद्देहमाश्रित्य तिष्ठति

Transliteration

nityaṃ kṛṣṇapurīṃ ramyāṃ ye smaraṃti gṛhe sthitāḥ | na teṣāṃ pātakaṃ kiṃciddehamāśritya tiṣṭhati

Translation

വീട്ടിൽ തന്നെയിരുന്നാലും നിത്യവും രമ്യമായ കൃഷ്ണപുരി (ദ്വാരക)യെ സ്മരിക്കുന്നവരുടെ ദേഹത്തിൽ ഒരു പാപവും ചേർന്നു നിൽക്കുകയില്ല।

Word by Word

• nityam: always
• nityam: Adverbial (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nitya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव/क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण (adverbial accusative), 'always'

• kṛṣṇa-purīm: Kṛṣṇa’s city (Dvārakā)
• kṛṣṇa-purīm: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛṣṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + purī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (kṛṣṇasya purī)

• ramyām: lovely
• ramyām: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ramya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifies purīm)

• ye: those who
• ye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• smaranti: remember
• smaranti: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: smṛ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• gṛhe: in (their) home
• gṛhe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gṛha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• sthitāḥ: situated/remaining
• sthitāḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sthā (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (ye qualifies)

• na: not
• na: Negation marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध (negation particle)

• teṣām: of them
• teṣām: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• pātakam: sin
• pātakam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pātaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• kiṃcit: any (at all)
• kiṃcit: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अनिश्चितवाचक (indefinite)

• deham: the body
• deham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• āśritya: having taken refuge in / depending on
• āśritya: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā + śri (धातु) + lyap (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: ल्यबन्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), 'having resorted to/depending on'

• tiṣṭhati: remains / stays
• tiṣṭhati: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sthā (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Sūta (deduced: Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa māhātmya narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā (as smṛti-viṣaya)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A householder seated at home before a small altar, eyes closed, visualizing Dvārakā’s golden city and the Gomati; subtle dark ‘pāpa’ shadows dissolve into light around the body.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa-purī (Dwārakā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Remembrance (smaraṇa) of a sacred Kṛṣṇa-tīrtha is itself purifying, even without physical travel.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kṛṣṇa-purī—understood in this section as Dwārakā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Daily smaraṇa (mental recollection) of Dwārakā/Kṛṣṇa-purī.