Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 51

Devanagari script

आगत्य यः प्रभासे च कृष्णं पश्यति वै नरः । प्रभासायुतसंख्यं तु फलमाप्नोति यत्नतः

Transliteration

āgatya yaḥ prabhāse ca kṛṣṇaṃ paśyati vai naraḥ | prabhāsāyutasaṃkhyaṃ tu phalamāpnoti yatnataḥ

Translation

جو شخص پربھاس میں آکر شری کرشن کے درشن کرتا ہے، وہ پوری کوشش کے ساتھ پربھاس کے دَس ہزاروں کے برابر ثواب حاصل کرتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• आगत्य: having come
• आगत्य: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), परस्मैपदी; अव्ययभावेन प्रयोगः

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन

• प्रभासे: in Prabhāsa
• प्रभासे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन

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

• कृष्णम्: Krishna
• कृष्णम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन

• पश्यति: sees
• पश्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश्य् (दृश्) (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Emphasis/निश्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (assertive particle)

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन; ‘यः’ इत्यस्य अप्पोजिशन

• प्रभासायुतसंख्यम्: counted as ten-thousandfold (Prabhāsa-related)
• प्रभासायुतसंख्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रभास + अयुत + संख्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (प्रभासस्य अयुतसंख्या इव/प्रभास-सम्बद्ध-अयुतसंख्या)

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषार्थक-अव्यय (but/indeed)

• फलम्: fruit, result
• फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन

• आप्नोति: attains
• आप्नोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• यत्नतः: with effort
• यत्नतः: Sambandha (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (adverbial ablative), ‘यत्नेन/प्रयत्नात्’ अर्थे

Speaker

Unspecified (contextual narrator within Dvārakā Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa kṣetra (with Kṛṣṇa-darśana)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At Prabhāsa’s luminous shore-temple landscape, a pilgrim beholds Kṛṣṇa in radiant form; behind, the kṣetra glows with layered halos, suggesting ‘ten-thousandfold’ merit cascading like light.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāsa
• Kṛṣṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere pilgrimage and darśana multiply spiritual merit immensely; effort and intentionality are highlighted.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, especially in connection with Kṛṣṇa’s darśana.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Coming to Prabhāsa and performing Kṛṣṇa-darśana with sincere effort.