Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन विधिं पश्येत्सुभावतः । परितुष्टो भवेत्कृष्णो यात्रा च सफला भवेत्

Transliteration

tasmātsarvaprayatnena vidhiṃ paśyetsubhāvataḥ | parituṣṭo bhavetkṛṣṇo yātrā ca saphalā bhavet

Translation

Vì thế, với mọi nỗ lực và tâm tính thanh tịnh, hãy chiêm bái Vidhi (Phạm Thiên). Khi ấy, Kṛṣṇa hoan hỷ trọn vẹn, và cuộc hành hương cũng được thành tựu viên mãn.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu/Apādāna (Causal/Source sense)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तस्मात्-इत्यव्यय (ablatival adverb: therefore/from that)

• सर्वप्रयत्नेन: with all effort
• सर्वप्रयत्नेन: Karaṇa (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रयत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (कर्मधारय): सर्वः प्रयत्नः; पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन

• विधिम्: the rite
• विधिम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन

• पश्येत्: should see/observe
• पश्येत्: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• सुभावतः: properly/by good disposition
• सुभावतः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सुभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb): सुभावतः = सुभावात्; क्रियाविशेषण

• परितुष्टः: fully pleased
• परितुष्टः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुष् (धातु) + परि- (उपसर्ग)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle) विशेषण; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (qualifying कृष्णः)

• भवेत्: would be/should become
• भवेत्: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• कृष्णः: Krishna
• कृष्णः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन

• यात्रा: the pilgrimage
• यात्रा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यात्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयबोधक

• सफला: fruitful
• सफला: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सफल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying यात्रा)

• भवेत्: would be/should become
• भवेत्: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narrative voice (contextual Purāṇic narrator; speaker not explicit in this verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vidhi-darśana in Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim (or group) approaches Brahmā’s shrine with folded hands and a calm, pure demeanor; in the background, Kṛṣṇa’s presence is suggested—either as Dvārakā’s lord or as a blessing aura—signifying that the darśana pleases Kṛṣṇa and completes the yātrā.

Characters & Entities

• Vidhi (Brahmā)
• Kṛṣṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is not mere travel—purity of intention and wholehearted effort make the darśana spiritually efficacious and pleasing to the Lord.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā and its darśana-route that includes Vidhi (Brahmā) as a sanctifying encounter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

To seek Vidhi-darśana with sincere effort and auspicious inner disposition as part of the yātrā.