Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 52

Devanagari script

श्रीकृष्ण उवाच । आयास्ये प्रत्यहं देवि द्विकालं भवनं तव । यो मां पश्यति चात्रस्थं स त्वामेव प्रपश्यति

Transliteration

śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca | āyāsye pratyahaṃ devi dvikālaṃ bhavanaṃ tava | yo māṃ paśyati cātrasthaṃ sa tvāmeva prapaśyati

Translation

ศรีกฤษณะตรัสว่า: “โอ้เทวี เราจักมาสู่เรือนของท่านทุกวัน วันละสองกาล คือยามเช้าและยามเย็น ผู้ใดเห็นเราประทับอยู่ ณ ที่นี้ ผู้นั้นย่อมเห็นท่านด้วยแท้”

Word by Word

• श्रीकृष्णः: Śrī Kṛṣṇa
• श्रीकृष्णः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक) + कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (श्रीमान् कृष्णः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• आयास्ये: I will come
• आयास्ये: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + या (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• प्रत्यहम्: every day
• प्रत्यहम्: Kāla (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (अव्यय) + अहन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास (प्रति अहः), अव्यय (Adverb: ‘every day’)

• देवि: O goddess (dear lady)
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• द्विकालम्: twice a day
• द्विकालम्: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Frequency)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: द्वि (संख्या) + काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगु-समास (द्वौ कालौ), अव्ययवत् क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण (Adverbial accusative)

• भवनम्: house, abode
• भवनम्: Karma (Goal/कर्म; destination)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Possession)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यम-पुरुष-सर्वनाम, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तम-पुरुष-सर्वनाम, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पश्यति: sees
• पश्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (समुच्चय-अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (Conjunction)

• अत्रस्थम्: present here
• अत्रस्थम्: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय) + स्थ (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (अत्र स्थितः), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (माम् इति विशेषणम्)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यम-पुरुष-सर्वनाम, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Nipāta (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Emphatic particle)

• प्रपश्यति: sees clearly/sees
• प्रपश्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Śrī Kṛṣṇa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā (Devī-bhavana/Kṛṣṇa-sannidhya)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kṛṣṇa speaks gently to the Goddess, promising to arrive daily at both times; the shrine glows with lamp-light, suggesting morning and evening worship cycles.

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Kṛṣṇa
• Devī
• Dvārakā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

In a tīrtha, the Lord’s presence makes darśana transformative—seeing Him with faith is inseparable from honoring His divine śakti and abode.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā—where Kṛṣṇa’s abiding presence is portrayed as accessible through daily darśana.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, regular twice-daily darśana (morning/evening) is encouraged as a devotional practice.