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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 173

त्रिकालं ये प्रपश्यंति वदनं प्रत्यहं हरेः । न तेषां पुनरावृत्तिः कल्पकोटिशतैरपि

trikālaṃ ye prapaśyaṃti vadanaṃ pratyahaṃ hareḥ | na teṣāṃ punarāvṛttiḥ kalpakoṭiśatairapi

ผู้ใดทุกวันได้เห็นพระพักตร์ของพระหริในสามกาล—ยามเช้า เที่ยง และยามเย็น—ผู้นั้นย่อมไม่มีการหวนกลับสู่การเกิดอีก แม้ผ่านกัลปะนับร้อยโกฏิก็ตาม

त्रि-कालम्at the three times (daily)
त्रि-कालम्:
Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootत्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + काल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म/कालाधिकरण), एकवचन; समासः—द्विगु (त्रयः कालाः = three times/three periods)
येwho
ये:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)
प्रपश्यन्तिbehold/see
प्रपश्यन्ति:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-√पश् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद
वदनम्face
वदनम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootवदन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन
प्रति-अहम्every day
प्रति-अहम्:
Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्रति (अव्यय) + अहन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्यय (adverb) = every day
हरेःof Hari
हरेः:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootहरि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन
not
:
Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)
तेषाम्for them/of them
तेषाम्:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन
पुनः-आवृत्तिःreturn (rebirth) again
पुनः-आवृत्तिः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootपुनः (अव्यय) + आवृत्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; अव्ययीभाव-समास (पुनः आवृत्तिः = return again)
कल्प-कोटि-शतैःeven by hundreds of crores of kalpas
कल्प-कोटि-शतैः:
Karana (Instrument/Measure/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootकल्प (प्रातिपदिक) + कोटि (प्रातिपदिक) + शत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (कल्पानां कोटि-शतैः = even by hundreds of crores of kalpas)
अपिeven
अपि:
Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अप्यर्थे (even/also)

Traditional Māhātmya narrator (contextual; exact speaker not in snippet)

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Scene: Three vignettes in one frame: dawn, noon, and dusk—devotees repeatedly stand before Hari/Kṛṣṇa’s image, gazing upon the divine face; lamps, sun positions, and changing sky colors mark the three times.

H
Hari (Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa)

FAQs

Regular, devoted darśana of Hari—three times daily—destroys the cycle of rebirth.

Dwārakā by implication, where Hari’s presence and darśana are celebrated as liberation-giving.

Daily darśana of Hari at the three sandhyā-times (morning, noon, evening).