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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 29

यावत्पदानि मनुजः कृष्णेन सह गच्छति । कुलानि देव्यस्तावंति वसंति हरिमन्दिरे

yāvatpadāni manujaḥ kṛṣṇena saha gacchati | kulāni devyastāvaṃti vasaṃti harimandire

اے دیوی! انسان کرشن کے ساتھ جتنے قدم چلتا ہے، اتنی ہی نسلوں تک اس کے خاندان ہری کے دھام، ہری مندر میں سکونت کرتے ہیں۔

यावत्as many as
यावत्:
विशेषण (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootयावत् (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययार्थ)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; परिमाणवाचक-विशेषणम् (quantifying)
पदानिsteps
पदानि:
अधिकरण/परिमाण (Measure; steps)
TypeNoun
Rootपद (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन
मनुजःa man/person
मनुजः:
कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमनुज (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
कृष्णेनwith Krishna
कृष्णेन:
सहकारक/सह (Accompaniment)
TypeNoun
Rootकृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन
सहtogether with
सह:
सह (Accompaniment marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसह (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; उपसर्गसदृश-निपातः (particle meaning ‘with’)
गच्छतिgoes/walks
गच्छति:
क्रिया (Action)
TypeVerb
Root√गम् (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्
कुलानिfamilies/lineages
कुलानि:
कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootकुल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन
देव्यःgoddesses/divine ladies
देव्यः:
कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootदेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन
तावन्तिso many
तावन्ति:
विशेषण (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootतावत् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; परिमाणवाचक-विशेषणम् (correlative: ‘so many’)
वसन्तिdwell/live
वसन्ति:
क्रिया (Action)
TypeVerb
Root√वस् (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्
हरिमन्दिरेin Hari’s temple
हरिमन्दिरे:
अधिकरण (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootहरि+मन्दिर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः—हरेः मन्दिरम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

Śrī Kṛṣṇa

Tirtha: Dvārakā / Hari-mandira (as the promised abode)

Type: kshetra

Listener: Devī (addressed as ‘O goddess’)

Scene: Kṛṣṇa walks alongside a devotee on a sacred path; each footprint glows, and a visionary backdrop shows Hari’s celestial abode welcoming the devotee’s lineage.

Ś
Śrī Kṛṣṇa
H
Hari
H
Harimandira (Hari’s abode/temple)
D
Devī (addressed listener)

FAQs

Even small devotional acts done in the Lord’s company produce vast spiritual benefit, extending to one’s lineage.

The Dvārakā sacred setting where devotees accompany Kṛṣṇa in a tīrtha-centered movement or procession.

Devotional accompaniment—walking with the Lord (often in pilgrimage/procession context)—is praised as highly meritorious.