Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

या काचिद्द्वादशी भूप जायते कृष्णसन्निधौ । पश्यामि नांतरं किञ्चित्कलिकाले विशेषतः

Transliteration

yā kāciddvādaśī bhūpa jāyate kṛṣṇasannidhau | paśyāmi nāṃtaraṃ kiñcitkalikāle viśeṣataḥ

Translation

Tâu Đại vương, bất cứ ngày Dvādaśī (ngày mười hai linh thiêng) nào khởi lên ngay trong sự hiện diện của Śrī Kṛṣṇa, trẫm không thấy có pháp hành nào sánh bằng—nhất là trong thời Kali.

Word by Word

• या: which
• या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक-सर्वनाम

• काचित्: some/any
• काचित्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; अनिश्चितार्थक-सर्वनाम (indefinite)

• द्वादशी: the twelfth lunar day (Dvādaśī)
• द्वादशी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वादशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• भूप: O king
• भूप: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• जायते: arises/occurs
• जायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• कृष्णसन्निधौ: in the presence of Krishna
• कृष्णसन्निधौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण+सन्निधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण (locative)

• पश्यामि: I see
• पश्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन

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

• अन्तरम्: difference/interval
• अन्तरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• किञ्चित्: anything
• किञ्चित्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; अनिश्चितार्थक (something)

• कलिकाले: in the Kali age
• कलिकाले: Adhikarana (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलि+काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण (locative)

• विशेषतः: especially
• विशेषतः: Kriya-Viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेषतः (अव्यय)
• Form: रीत्यर्थक-अव्यय (adverb: especially)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Dvārakā-māhātmya narrative style within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā (Dvāravatī)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhūpa (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A king is addressed by a seer/narrator who proclaims that any dvādaśī arising in Kṛṣṇa’s immediate presence surpasses all other observances in Kali-yuga; Dvārakā’s temple skyline and sea-horizon frame the sanctified time.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa
• Bhūpa (King)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

In Kali Yuga, simple but sincere sacred-time observances gain exceptional power—Dvādaśī, when connected to Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s presence, is praised as unsurpassed.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, understood as the kṣetra where Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s presence sanctifies time and observance (as presented in the Dvārakā-māhātmya of the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse specifically extols the timing—observing Dvādaśī near/with devotion to Śrī Kṛṣṇa—without detailing a particular act like dāna, snāna, or japa in this line.