Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

तं दृष्ट्वा देवदेवेशं स्पृष्ट्वा च सुसमाहितः । मुच्यते सकलात्पापादाजन्ममरणांतिकात्

Transliteration

taṃ dṛṣṭvā devadeveśaṃ spṛṣṭvā ca susamāhitaḥ | mucyate sakalātpāpādājanmamaraṇāṃtikāt

Translation

مَن أبصر ربَّ الآلهة، ولمسَه بقلبٍ ثابتٍ مجموع، تحرّر من جميع الآثام—تلك الملازمة من الميلاد إلى منتهى الحياة.

Word by Word

• तम्: him/that (deity)
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive) — पूर्वक्रिया (prior action)

• देवदेवेशम्: Lord of the gods
• देवदेवेशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + देव + ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); तम् इति सर्वनामस्य विशेष्य (appositional)

• स्पृष्ट्वा: having touched
• स्पृष्ट्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्पृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive) — पूर्वक्रिया

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• सुसमाहितः: well-composed, fully concentrated
• सुसमाहितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु + सम् + आ + धा (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle used adjectivally), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• मुच्यते: is released/freed
• मुच्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive sense)

• सकलात्: from all
• सकलात्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सकल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (qualifying) पापात्

• पापात्: from sin
• पापात्: Apadana (Source/Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative), एकवचन (Singular)

• आ: up to/until
• आ: Sambandha (Limit marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (अव्यय/उपसर्ग)
• Form: अव्यय; उपसर्गार्थे/अवधि-वाचक (up to, until)

• जन्ममरणान्तिकात्: from the vicinity/limit of birth and death (i.e., from the cycle up to birth and death)
• जन्ममरणान्तिकात्: Apadana (Source/Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्म + मरण + अन्तिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (deduced from immediate context continuing into 95.1: “īśvara uvāca” and the didactic tone)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Caṇḍeśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim with folded hands beholds the liṅga and gently touches it (or the pedestal) in deep concentration; a subtle aura indicates sins falling away like dark smoke.

Characters & Entities

• Devadeveśa (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere darśana (seeing) and sparśana (reverent touch) of Śiva, done with inner concentration, is portrayed as a direct means to the destruction of sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra (Prabhāsakṣetra), a major Śaiva pilgrimage geography celebrated in the Skanda Purāṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Not a full ritual, but the core practice is stated: see the Lord and touch (or worship) with a composed, focused mind.