Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

दृष्ट्वा कृष्णमुखं रम्यं रुक्मिणीं द्वारकां पुरीम् । तीर्थकोटिसहस्रैस्तु सेवितैः किं प्रयोजनम्

Transliteration

dṛṣṭvā kṛṣṇamukhaṃ ramyaṃ rukmiṇīṃ dvārakāṃ purīm | tīrthakoṭisahasraistu sevitaiḥ kiṃ prayojanam

Translation

既已瞻见克里希那之妙颜，又见鲁克米妮与都城德瓦拉卡，复去礼谒千万亿他处圣地（tīrtha），又有何益？

Word by Word

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dṛś (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय-भावकृदन्त (gerund)

• kṛṣṇa-mukham: Krishna’s face
• kṛṣṇa-mukham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛṣṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + mukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (kṛṣṇasya mukham)

• ramyam: beautiful
• ramyam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ramya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• rukmiṇīm: Rukmiṇī
• rukmiṇīm: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rukmiṇī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• dvārakām: Dvārakā
• dvārakām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvārakā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• purīm: city
• purīm: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: purī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• tīrtha-koṭi-sahasraiḥ: by crores of thousands of pilgrimage-sites (i.e., by visiting innumerable tīrthas)
• tīrtha-koṭi-sahasraiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक) + koṭi (प्रातिपदिक) + sahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; संख्या-सम्बन्ध-तत्पुरुषः ('koṭi-sahasra' qualifying tīrtha)

• tu: but / indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (adversative/emphatic particle: 'but/indeed')

• sevitaiḥ: by (them) being visited/served
• sevitaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sev (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; 'having been resorted to/served'

• kim: what
• kim: Sambandha (Interrogative/प्रश्न)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रश्नार्थक-अव्यय (interrogative: 'what?')

• prayojanam: purpose / use
• prayojanam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prayojana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified devotee voice within Dvārakā-māhātmya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā (with Kṛṣṇa-Rukmiṇī darśana)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kṛṣṇa and Rukmiṇī are seen together in Dvārakā; the devotee reflects that millions of other tīrthas are unnecessary after this vision.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa
• Rukmiṇī
• Dvārakā
• tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Direct encounter with the Lord and His sacred abode is portrayed as the summit of pilgrimage, surpassing the merit of innumerable other visits.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, along with darśana of Kṛṣṇa and Rukmiṇī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No formal prescription; the verse prioritizes darśana and pilgrimage to Dvārakā as the highest tīrtha-sevā.