Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12
Devanagari script
धन्यास्ते कृतकृत्यास्ते ते जना लोकपावनाः । दृष्टं कृष्णमुखं यैस्तु पापकोट्ययुतापहम्
Transliteration
dhanyāste kṛtakṛtyāste te janā lokapāvanāḥ | dṛṣṭaṃ kṛṣṇamukhaṃ yaistu pāpakoṭyayutāpaham
Translation
他们真是有福，真已圆满所行，乃净化世间之人——凡得见克里希纳圣颜者，因为那圣颜能除灭亿万亿数的罪业。
Word by Word
धन्याःblessed, fortunate
धन्याः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootधन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)
तेthose
ते:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)
कृतकृत्याःhaving accomplished what should be done; fulfilled
कृतकृत्याः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootकृत-कृत्य (प्रातिपदिक; कृत (कृ धातु) + कृत्य)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)
तेthose
ते:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)
जनाःpeople
जनाः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootजन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)
लोकपावनाःpurifiers of the world
लोकपावनाः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootलोक-पावन (प्रातिपदिक; लोक + पावन)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)
दृष्टम्seen
दृष्टम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म) (as ‘seen’)
TypeVerb
Rootदृश् (धातु) → दृष्ट (कृदन्त-भूतकर्मणि)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (Singular)
कृष्णमुखम्Krishna’s face
कृष्णमुखम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootकृष्ण-मुख (प्रातिपदिक; कृष्ण + मुख)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)
यैःby whom; by those who
यैः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन (Plural)
तुindeed, but
तु:
Sambandha/Discourse particle
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle/emphasis)
पापकोट्ययुतापहम्removing tens of millions of crores of sins (i.e., vast sins)
पापकोट्ययुतापहम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण) of कृष्णमुखम्
TypeAdjective
Rootपाप-कोटि-अयुत-अपह (प्रातिपदिक; पाप + कोटि + अयुत + अपह)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)
Speaker
Sūta (deduced: Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa narrative voice addressing a king)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A crowd of devotees beholds Kṛṣṇa’s serene face; a radiant light emanates, symbolically incinerating dark clouds of sin; the onlookers appear ‘kṛtakṛtya’—fulfilled and calm.
Characters & Entities
Ś
Śrī KṛṣṇaK
Kṛṣṇa-mukha (face of Kṛṣṇa)D
Dvārakā (context)FAQs
Divine darśana—especially of Kṛṣṇa—purifies profoundly and is portrayed as the fulfillment of human life.
Dvārakā by context, as the setting for Kṛṣṇa’s darśana in this māhātmya.
No formal rite; the act emphasized is darśana (beholding) of Kṛṣṇa.