Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 134

Devanagari script

प्रणम्य सोमनाथं तु यात्रां कृत्वा न गच्छति । कृष्णस्य दर्शनार्थाय तस्य किं जायते फलम्

Transliteration

praṇamya somanāthaṃ tu yātrāṃ kṛtvā na gacchati | kṛṣṇasya darśanārthāya tasya kiṃ jāyate phalam

Translation

若有人礼敬苏摩那他（Somanātha），亦已启程朝圣，却不再前行以求瞻礼黑天（Kṛṣṇa）之圣容（darśana）——那么，他究竟得何功果？

Word by Word

• प्रणम्य: having bowed
• प्रणम्य: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier of main action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-नम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive), धातु: प्र-नम्; अर्थे: पूर्वकर्म (having bowed)

• सोमनाथम्: Somanātha (Lord of Soma)
• सोमनाथम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोमनाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; समास: सोमस्य नाथः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), विरोध/विशेषार्थे (but/indeed)

• यात्राम्: pilgrimage/journey
• यात्राम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यात्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• कृत्वा: having performed
• कृत्वा: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive), धातु: कृ; अर्थे: पूर्वकर्म (having done)

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

• गच्छति: goes
• गच्छति: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• कृष्णस्य: of Kṛṣṇa
• कृष्णस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन

• दर्शनार्थाय: for the purpose of seeing
• दर्शनार्थाय: Sampradana/Prayojana (Purpose/Dative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative), एकवचन; समास: दर्शनस्य अर्थः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष), प्रयोजनार्थे (for the purpose)

• तस्य: of him/of that (person)
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन

• किम्: what
• किम्: Karma (Object complement of ‘jāyate’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन; प्रश्नार्थक (interrogative)

• जायते: arises/is produced
• जायते: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrative instructor within Dvārakā-māhātmya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Somnātha (Prabhāsa) and Dvārakā (Kṛṣṇa-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim bows before Somnātha’s liṅga at the seashore; a road/path leads onward with a distant vision of Dvārakā’s spires, suggesting the unfinished journey toward Kṛṣṇa.

Characters & Entities

• Somanātha
• Kṛṣṇa
• Prabhāsa
• Dvārakā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is meant to culminate in transformative darśana; incomplete yātrā is portrayed as spiritually deficient.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Somanātha at Prabhāsa and the onward journey to Dvārakā for Kṛṣṇa-darśana.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A yātrā pattern: bow at Somanātha and proceed to Dvārakā for Kṛṣṇa’s दर्शन.