Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 48
कृष्णकृष्णेति ते नाम प्रातरुत्थाय मानवः । कीर्तयिष्यति यो भक्त्या स याति परमां गतिम्
kṛṣṇakṛṣṇeti te nāma prātarutthāya mānavaḥ | kīrtayiṣyati yo bhaktyā sa yāti paramāṃ gatim
جو انسان سحر کے وقت اٹھ کر عقیدت سے ‘کرشن، کرشن’ نام کا کیرتن کرتا ہے، وہ اعلیٰ ترین مقام کو پہنچتا ہے۔
Maheśvara (Śiva)
Scene: A devotee rises at dawn, hands in añjali, softly chanting “Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa,” with first light spreading; subtle vision of Kṛṣṇa’s presence as inner radiance rather than a physical epiphany.
FAQs
Nāma-kīrtana done with bhakti—especially at daybreak—is upheld as a direct means to the highest spiritual attainment.
The verse focuses on practice rather than place; it belongs to the Arbuda setting that later highlights Kṛṣṇatīrtha.
Rising in the morning (prātaḥ-utthāya) and chanting the divine name ‘Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa’ with devotion.