Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

नित्यं कृष्णपुरीं रम्यां ये स्मरंति गृहे स्थिताः । न तेषां पातकं किंचिद्देहमाश्रित्य तिष्ठति

Transliteration

nityaṃ kṛṣṇapurīṃ ramyāṃ ye smaraṃti gṛhe sthitāḥ | na teṣāṃ pātakaṃ kiṃciddehamāśritya tiṣṭhati

Translation

جو لوگ گھر میں رہتے ہوئے بھی روزانہ کرشن کی دلکش پوری کو یاد کرتے ہیں، اُن کے جسم سے کوئی گناہ چمٹ کر نہیں ٹھہرتا۔

Word by Word

• nityam: always
• nityam: Adverbial (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nitya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव/क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण (adverbial accusative), 'always'

• kṛṣṇa-purīm: Kṛṣṇa’s city (Dvārakā)
• kṛṣṇa-purīm: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛṣṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + purī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (kṛṣṇasya purī)

• ramyām: lovely
• ramyām: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ramya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifies purīm)

• ye: those who
• ye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• smaranti: remember
• smaranti: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: smṛ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• gṛhe: in (their) home
• gṛhe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gṛha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• sthitāḥ: situated/remaining
• sthitāḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sthā (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (ye qualifies)

• na: not
• na: Negation marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध (negation particle)

• teṣām: of them
• teṣām: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• pātakam: sin
• pātakam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pātaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• kiṃcit: any (at all)
• kiṃcit: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अनिश्चितवाचक (indefinite)

• deham: the body
• deham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• āśritya: having taken refuge in / depending on
• āśritya: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā + śri (धातु) + lyap (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: ल्यबन्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), 'having resorted to/depending on'

• tiṣṭhati: remains / stays
• tiṣṭhati: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sthā (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Sūta (deduced: Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa māhātmya narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā (as smṛti-viṣaya)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A householder seated at home before a small altar, eyes closed, visualizing Dvārakā’s golden city and the Gomati; subtle dark ‘pāpa’ shadows dissolve into light around the body.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa-purī (Dwārakā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Remembrance (smaraṇa) of a sacred Kṛṣṇa-tīrtha is itself purifying, even without physical travel.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kṛṣṇa-purī—understood in this section as Dwārakā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Daily smaraṇa (mental recollection) of Dwārakā/Kṛṣṇa-purī.