Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

पीडयंति ग्रहास्तावद्व्याधयोऽभिभवंति च । भक्त्या न पश्यति नरो यावत्कृष्णप्रियां कलौ

Transliteration

pīḍayaṃti grahāstāvadvyādhayo'bhibhavaṃti ca | bhaktyā na paśyati naro yāvatkṛṣṇapriyāṃ kalau

Translation

جب تک کلی یُگ میں آدمی بھکتی کے ساتھ کرشن کی پریا رُکمِنی کے درشن کر کے اس کی شَرَن نہیں لیتا، تب تک سیّارے اسے ستاتے اور بیماریاں غالب رہتی ہیں۔

Word by Word

• पीडयन्ति: afflict
• पीडयन्ति: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पीड् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• ग्रहाः: planets/seizing spirits
• ग्रहाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• तावत्: so long
• तावत्: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: परिमाण/अवधि-वाचक-अव्यय (so long/that much)

• व्याधयः: diseases
• व्याधयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्याधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• अभिभवन्ति: overpower
• अभिभवन्ति: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि + भू (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• भक्त्या: by devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; साधन-भावः

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• पश्यति: sees/experiences
• पश्यति: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• यावत्: until/as long as
• यावत्: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधि-वाचक-अव्यय (until/as long as)

• कृष्ण-प्रियाम्: Kṛṣṇa’s beloved (Rukmiṇī)
• कृष्ण-प्रियाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रिया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘beloved of Kṛṣṇa’ (Rukmiṇī)

• कलौ: in the Kali age
• कलौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; ‘in Kali age’

Speaker

Sūta (deduced: Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rukmiṇī-darśana in Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee, previously troubled by illness and ominous planetary fear, stands before Rukmiṇī with folded hands; above, stylized grahas recede into the background as the shrine’s lamp-light dominates.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa
• Rukmiṇī
• Kali-yuga
• Grahāḥ (planets)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Bhakti to Kṛṣṇa and reverence to His beloved Rukmiṇī is presented as a supreme refuge that neutralizes suffering in Kali-yuga.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, praised in the Dvārakā-māhātmya section of the Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific ritual is prescribed here; the emphasis is on devotional beholding/refuge (bhakti) toward Kṛṣṇa’s beloved.