Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 69

Devanagari script

श्रीकृष्ण उवाच । दर्शनात्स्पर्शनाच्चास्य विमुक्ताऽशेषबन्धनाः । स्नात्वा च सकलान्कामानवाप्स्यथ व्रजांगनाः

Transliteration

śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca | darśanātsparśanāccāsya vimuktā'śeṣabandhanāḥ | snātvā ca sakalānkāmānavāpsyatha vrajāṃganāḥ

Translation

Śrī Kṛṣṇa disse: “Ao ver e ao tocar estas águas sagradas, sereis libertas de todos os laços. E, após o banho, ó mulheres de Vraja, alcançareis a realização de todos os desejos dignos.”

Word by Word

• śrī-kṛṣṇaḥ: Śrī Kṛṣṇa
• śrī-kṛṣṇaḥ: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī (प्रातिपदिक) + kṛṣṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मधारयः ‘श्रीमान् कृष्णः’

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (वच्) (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• darśanāt: from (the act of) seeing
• darśanāt: Apadana (Cause/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: darśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन (Singular)

• sparśanāt: from touching
• sparśanāt: Apadana (Cause/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sparśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन (Singular)

• ca: and
• ca: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• asya: of him/this (i.e., of Kṛṣṇa)
• asya: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• vimuktāḥ: freed
• vimuktāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi-√muc (मुच्) + ta (क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• aśeṣa-bandhanāḥ: from all bonds (entire bondage)
• aśeṣa-bandhanāḥ: Qualifier (विशेष्य-विशेषणभाव)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aśeṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + bandhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग? (bandhana n.) but here used as बहुव्रीहि-भाव?; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural) agreeing with vimuktāḥ; तत्पुरुषः ‘अशेषं बन्धनम्’ (all bonds)

• snātvā: having bathed
• snātvā: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √snā (स्ना) + त्वा (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund), पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया (having bathed)

• ca: and
• ca: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• sakalān: all
• sakalān: Modifier (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sakala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषणम् (qualifying kāmān)

• kāmān: desires, wishes
• kāmān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• avāpsyatha: you will obtain
• avāpsyatha: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ava-√āp (आप्) (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), बहुवचन (Plural)

• vraja-aṅganāḥ: O women of Vraja
• vraja-aṅganāḥ: Karta (Addressee/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vraja (प्रातिपदिक) + aṅganā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural); तत्पुरुषः ‘व्रजस्य अङ्गनाः’

Speaker

Śrī Kṛṣṇa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Vraja-aṅganās (gopīs)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kṛṣṇa points toward a shining sacred pond/ghāṭa; the Vraja women approach the water with reverence; the water glows as if charged with divine presence, suggesting liberation and boon-bestowal.

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Kṛṣṇa
• Vraja-aṅganās (Gopīs)
• saras (implied sacred pond/water)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred contact—darśana, touch, and bathing—when joined with devotion, breaks bondage and grants auspicious fulfillment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A sacred saras (pond/waterbody) within the Dvārakā-māhātmya context is praised for its liberating power.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) is prescribed, along with the meritorious acts of darśana (seeing) and sparśana (touching) the sacred tirtha.