Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

तस्मिन्दृष्टे वरारोहे सप्तजन्मकृतं नृणाम् । पापं प्रणश्यते शीघ्रं तमः सूर्योदये यथा

Transliteration

tasmindṛṣṭe varārohe saptajanmakṛtaṃ nṛṇām | pāpaṃ praṇaśyate śīghraṃ tamaḥ sūryodaye yathā

Translation

يا ذاتَ الخصرِ الحَسَن، إنَّ مجردَ رؤيةِ (Śākalyeśvara) تُفني سريعًا خطايا الناسِ المتراكمةَ عبرَ سبعِ ولادات، كما يزولُ الظلامُ عندَ شروقِ الشمس.

Word by Word

• तस्मिन्: in/when that (is)
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• दृष्टे: when (it/he) is seen
• दृष्टे: Kriya (सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध/locative absolute)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त: क्त (past passive participle), सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन; तस्मिन् इति सापेक्षम् (locative absolute)

• वरारोहे: O fair-hipped one
• वरारोहे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर-आरोह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; वर + आरोहा (श्रेष्ठा आरोहा यस्याः)

• सप्तजन्मकृतम्: done over seven births
• सप्तजन्मकृतम्: Karman (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्त + जन्म + कृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन; विशेषण (पापस्य)

• नृणाम्: of men
• नृणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive), बहुवचन

• पापम्: sin
• पापम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन

• प्रणश्यते: perishes; is destroyed
• प्रणश्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-नश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• शीघ्रम्: quickly
• शीघ्रम्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शीघ्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• तमः: darkness
• तमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन

• सूर्योदये: at sunrise
• सूर्योदये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य-उदय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन

• यथा: as; just like
• यथा: Sambandha (Comparison-marker/उपमा-सूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (upamā/सादृश्यवाचक)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (continuing)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śākalyeśvara

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim beholds the Śākalyeśvara liṅga at dawn; darkness recedes as the sun rises; a visual overlay shows ‘sins’ dissolving like shadows; Devī addressed as varārohā in a gentle, intimate tone.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Śākalyeśvara (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred darśana at a powerful Śiva-sthala is portrayed as an immediate purifier of long-standing karmic impurity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śākalyeśvara in Prabhāsakṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana (beholding the deity/liṅga) is emphasized as a key pilgrimage act with purificatory power.