Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

तस्मात्कलियुगे विप्रा नान्यत्र प्राप्यते हरिः । यदि कार्य्यं हि कृष्णेन तत्र गच्छत मा चिरम्

Transliteration

tasmātkaliyuge viprā nānyatra prāpyate hariḥ | yadi kāryyaṃ hi kṛṣṇena tatra gacchata mā ciram

Translation

അതുകൊണ്ട്, ഹേ വിപ്രന്മാരേ, കലിയുഗത്തിൽ ഹരി മറ്റിടങ്ങളിൽ എളുപ്പത്തിൽ ലഭ്യമല്ല. കൃഷ്ണനാൽ ഏതെങ്കിലും പുണ്യകാര്യസിദ്ധി വേണമെങ്കിൽ അവിടേക്ക് പോകുക—വൈകരുത്.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (तस्मात्-प्रयोगः), हेतौ/तस्मात् = ‘therefore’ (ablatival adverb)

• कलि-युगे: in the Kali age
• कलि-युगे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलियुग (प्रातिपदिक; कलि + युग)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरणे (locative)

• विप्राः: O brāhmaṇas
• विप्राः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; संबोधनार्थे/सम्बोधन-प्रयोगः (vocative sense)

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• अन्यत्र: elsewhere
• अन्यत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक (adverb of place)

• प्राप्यते: is obtained
• प्राप्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)

• हरिः: Hari (Viṣṇu)
• हरिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्तृस्थाने (logical subject of passive)

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Condition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, शर्तार्थक (conditional particle)

• कार्य्यम्: a need/purpose
• कार्य्यम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; ‘कार्यं’ = purpose/need (predicate/accusative of purpose)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Emphasis/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निपात (emphatic/indeed)

• कृष्णेन: with/through Kṛṣṇa
• कृष्णेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; साधन/सहकारि (instrumental: ‘with/through Kṛṣṇa’)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक (adverb of place)

• गच्छत: go (you all)
• गच्छत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• मा: do not
• मा: Pratiṣedha (Prohibition/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (prohibitive particle)

• चिरम्: long (delay)
• चिरम्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-प्रयोग/क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial accusative: ‘for long’)

Speaker

Prahlāda (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: viprāḥ (brāhmaṇas)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A teacher addressing assembled brāhmaṇas, pointing toward the western sea where Dvārakā lies; pilgrims prepare to depart immediately, carrying minimal belongings, faces resolved.

Characters & Entities

• Kali-yuga
• Vipra (brāhmaṇas)
• Hari (Kṛṣṇa)
• Dvārakā/Prabhāsa (implied ‘there’)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

In Kali-yuga, the Purāṇa highlights specific kṣetras as especially effective for realizing Hari; timely pilgrimage and devotion are urged.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā (and its sacred environs in Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa) as the privileged place to seek Kṛṣṇa/Hari.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A direct instruction to undertake pilgrimage (‘go there without delay’); no specific dāna/snānā rule is stated in this verse.