Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 77

Devanagari script

योगशास्त्राणि वेदांता न्पुराणं कृष्णसन्निधौ । पठंति रविबिंबं ते भित्त्वा यांति हरेर्लयम्

Transliteration

yogaśāstrāṇi vedāṃtā npurāṇaṃ kṛṣṇasannidhau | paṭhaṃti ravibiṃbaṃ te bhittvā yāṃti harerlayam

Translation

ผู้ใดอ่านคัมภีร์โยคะ เวทานตะ และปุราณะ ในสำนักพระกฤษณะ ผู้นั้นย่อมทะลุพ้นดวงสุริยะ และบรรลุความหลอมรวม (ลยะ) ในพระหริ

Word by Word

• योग-शास्त्राणि: yoga treatises
• योग-शास्त्राणि: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योग (प्रातिपदिक) + शास्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचनम्; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (योगस्य शास्त्राणि)

• वेदान्तान्: Vedāntas (Upaniṣadic doctrines/texts)
• वेदान्तान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेदान्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचनम्

• पुराणम्: Purāṇa
• पुराणम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुराण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्

• कृष्ण-सन्निधौ: in Krishna’s presence
• कृष्ण-सन्निधौ: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक) + सन्निधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचनम्; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (कृष्णस्य सन्निधिः)

• पठन्ति: read / recite
• पठन्ति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पठ् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, बहुवचनम्

• रवि-बिम्बम्: the sun’s disc
• रवि-बिम्बम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रवि (प्रातिपदिक) + बिम्ब (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (रवेः बिम्बम्)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचनम्

• भित्त्वा: having pierced / having broken through
• भित्त्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भिद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund) ‘having split/pierced’

• यान्ति: go
• यान्ति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, बहुवचनम्

• हरेः: of Hari
• हरेः: Shashthi-sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचनम्

• लयम्: absorption / dissolution (state)
• लयम्: Karma (गत्यर्थक-क्रियायाः गन्तव्य/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्

Speaker

Sūta (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrim-seekers; especially learned readers (paṭhakas)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A scholar-devotee reads Vedānta and Yoga texts before Kṛṣṇa; above, the radiant sun-disc is shown being ‘pierced’ by a subtle luminous path (suṣumnā-like), leading to a serene, formless Hari-laya represented by a vast blue-gold expanse.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa
• Hari
• Vedānta
• Yogaśāstra
• Purāṇa
• Ravi (Sun)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Study of liberating teachings (yoga, Vedānta, Purāṇas) becomes most potent when anchored in Kṛṣṇa-bhakti, leading to mokṣa.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, described as a place where scriptural recitation in Kṛṣṇa’s presence grants liberation.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Recitation/reading of Yogaśāstras, Vedānta texts, and Purāṇas in Kṛṣṇa’s sannidhi (presence).