Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 163

Devanagari script

तस्माद्द्वारवतीं गत्वा कृष्णस्य दर्शनं कुरु । प्रेतयोनेर्विनिर्मुक्ता यास्यामः परमां गतिम्

Transliteration

tasmāddvāravatīṃ gatvā kṛṣṇasya darśanaṃ kuru | pretayonervinirmuktā yāsyāmaḥ paramāṃ gatim

Translation

เพราะฉะนั้น จงไปยังทวารวตี (ทวารกา) แล้วรับทัศนะ (darśana) แห่งพระกฤษณะเถิด เมื่อพ้นจากภพกำเนิดเป็นเปรตแล้ว เราจักบรรลุคติอันสูงสุด

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (therefore/from that reason)

• द्वारवतीम्: to Dvāravatī (Dvārakā)
• द्वारवतीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वारवती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘गत्वा’ इत्यस्य कर्म (destination)

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive): having gone

• कृष्णस्य: of Krishna
• कृष्णस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• दर्शनम्: sight/darśana
• दर्शनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘कुरु’ इत्यस्य कर्म

• कुरु: do/perform
• कुरु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपदम्

• प्रेतयोनेः: of the preta-womb/state (ghostly birth)
• प्रेतयोनेः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रेत (प्रातिपदिक) + योनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (प्रेतस्य योनि); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; ‘विनिर्मुक्ताः’ इत्यस्य सम्बन्ध/अपादानार्थ-प्रायः

• विनिर्मुक्ताः: freed/released
• विनिर्मुक्ताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-निर्-√मुच् (धातु) क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्तृपदस्य विशेषणम् (we, being freed)

• यास्यामः: we shall go
• यास्यामः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), बहुवचन, परस्मैपदम्

• परमाम्: supreme
• परमाम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘गतिम्’ इति विशेषणम्

• गतिम्: state/goal/destination
• गतिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘यास्यामः’ इत्यस्य कर्म (goal)

Speaker

Pitṛs (ancestral beings), urging a descendant

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvāravatī (Dvārakā)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: putra (son) addressed

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A compassionate procession to Dvārakā: a son leads suffering preta-like figures (or unseen ancestors) toward Kṛṣṇa’s temple; upon darśana, the pretas transform into luminous, peaceful beings ascending toward a higher realm.

Characters & Entities

• Dvāravatī (Dvārakā)
• Kṛṣṇa
• Preta
• Paramā gati

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage and darśana of Kṛṣṇa at Dvārakā is portrayed as a liberating act that uplifts even the ancestors from afflicted states.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvāravatī/Dvārakā—the sacred city of Śrī Kṛṣṇa—is directly praised as a place granting supreme spiritual results.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A yātrā to Dvārakā and taking Kṛṣṇa’s darśana (temple/holy presence) is prescribed for ancestral upliftment.