Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

यात्रायां यत्फलं प्रोक्तं श्रीकृष्णस्य च वै कलौ । न शक्यते मया वक्तुं वदनैर्युगसंख्यया

Transliteration

yātrāyāṃ yatphalaṃ proktaṃ śrīkṛṣṇasya ca vai kalau | na śakyate mayā vaktuṃ vadanairyugasaṃkhyayā

Translation

ผลบุญที่ประกาศไว้สำหรับการจาริกไปสู่พระศรีกฤษณะในกาลียุค ข้าพเจ้าไม่อาจกล่าวได้หมดสิ้น แม้จะมีปากมากเท่าจำนวนยุคก็ตาม

Word by Word

• यात्रायाम्: in the pilgrimage
• यात्रायाम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यात्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• यत्-फलम्: whatever fruit/result
• यत्-फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (यत् = यद्-विशिष्टं फलम्)

• प्रोक्तम्: declared
• प्रोक्तम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-√वच् (धातु) + क्त (कृत्) → प्रोक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (said/declared)

• श्रीकृष्णस्य: of Śrī Kṛṣṇa
• श्रीकृष्णस्य: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री-कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (श्रीमान् कृष्णः)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक/उपपद-निपात (indeed)

• कलौ: in the Kali age
• कलौ: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-निपात

• शक्यते: is possible
• शक्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √शक् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)

• मया: by me
• मया: Kartr-karana (Agent in passive/कर्ता-निर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• वक्तुम्: to say
• वक्तुम्: Prayojana (Purpose)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच् (धातु) + तुमुन् (कृत्)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (infinitive)

• वदनैः: with mouths
• वदनैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वदन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• युग-संख्यया: by a number of ages
• युग-संख्यया: Karana (Instrument/Measure)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युग + संख्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (युगानां संख्या)

Speaker

Nārada (instructing sages/pilgrims; speaker attribution from immediate narrative context of Adhyāya 30)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā / Śrī Kṛṣṇa-yātrā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: munayaḥ / dvija-uttamāḥ

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A narrator-sage overwhelmed, hands raised in reverence, declaring the indescribable fruit of Kṛṣṇa’s yātrā; behind him, a luminous vision of Dvārakā and Kṛṣṇa’s symbols expanding beyond the frame, suggesting infinity.

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Kṛṣṇa
• Kali Yuga
• Dvārakā Yātrā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The merit of Kṛṣṇa-centered pilgrimage—especially in Kali Yuga—is portrayed as immeasurable and transcendent.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā is the implied destination connected with Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s yātrā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A general prescription to undertake Kṛṣṇa’s yātrā (pilgrimage), whose spiritual fruit is said to be beyond complete description.