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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

रुक्मिणीं ये प्रपश्यंति भक्तियुक्ताः कलौ नराः । पुरीं प्रदक्षिणां कृत्वा जप्त्वा नामसहस्रकम्

rukmiṇīṃ ye prapaśyaṃti bhaktiyuktāḥ kalau narāḥ | purīṃ pradakṣiṇāṃ kṛtvā japtvā nāmasahasrakam

ในกาลียุค ผู้คนผู้ประกอบด้วยภักติได้เฝ้าดูพระเทวีรุกมินี ครั้นเวียนประทักษิณรอบนครแล้ว และสวดภาวนาพระนามศักดิ์สิทธิ์หนึ่งพัน…

रुक्मिणीम्Rukmiṇī
रुक्मिणीम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootरुक्मिणी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन
येwho (those who)
ये:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)
प्रपश्यन्तिsee/behold
प्रपश्यन्ति:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + पश्य् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद
भक्ति-युक्ताःendowed with devotion
भक्ति-युक्ताः:
Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootभक्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + युक्त (युज्-धातु; क्त-प्रत्यय)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; तत्पुरुष-समासः (भक्त्या युक्ताः)
कलौin the Kali age
कलौ:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootकलि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन
नराःmen/people
नराः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootनर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन
पुरीम्the city
पुरीम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootपुरी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन
प्रदक्षिणाम्circumambulation (clockwise)
प्रदक्षिणाम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootप्रदक्षिणा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; ‘प्रदक्षिणां (क्रियाविशेषणवत्)’
कृत्वाhaving done
कृत्वा:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभावः
जप्त्वाhaving recited
जप्त्वा:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootजप् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभावः
नाम-सहस्रकम्a thousand names (litany)
नाम-सहस्रकम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootनामन् (प्रातिपदिक) + सहस्रक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (नाम्नां सहस्रकम्)

Prahlāda (contextual continuation)

Tirtha: Dvārakā (Rukmiṇī-darśana)

Type: kshetra

Scene: Pilgrims in simple Kali-yuga attire approach Rukmiṇī’s shrine with folded hands; the walled sacred city of Dvārakā behind them; a clockwise circumambulation path; a devotee counting japa on mālā while gazing toward the deity.

R
Rukmiṇī
D
Dvārakā
K
Kali Yuga

FAQs

In Kali Yuga, devotion expressed through darśana, parikrama, and nāma-japa is presented as a direct path to great merit.

Dvārakā city, especially the sacred presence of Rukmiṇī.

Seeing Rukmiṇī with devotion, circumambulating Dvārakā, and chanting a nāma-sahasra (thousand Names).